[bananaboy]

I also feel like iOS has gone downhill. I know they were trying to get away from skeuomorphic design, but I feel they went too far in the opposite direction. Everything is flat, it's hard to tell what is a button that can be clicked on sometimes (usually it's just a blue label with no distinguishing background), and there seems to be a frequent lack of contrast generally.

[rbritton]

I've never fully embraced Apple's view of flat design for that reason. I feel buttons should resemble something that looks like it can be tapped on, and that that is not against the current aesthetic of iOS (e.g., http://ipadportfolioapp.com/images/overview/Customization_2x...).

[gurkendoktor]

I found it interesting that the button in the link actually has a border. When will we see bordered buttons in iOS again? iOS 10?

[batiudrami]

Yeah, also I feel the rainbow colours with a Gaussian blur looks pretty dated too - reminds me of Aero Glass. Android at its best looks much nicer, though it can be very inconsistent, even within Google-developed apps.

[frik]

AeroGlass looks still very nice and fresh in Windows 7. Windows 8x/10 theme is too flat for a desktop OS and the color choices imo plain ugly. Microsoft removed most of the complex transparent effects because the Nokia/MS WinPhones 7-8 devices were too slow to handle them, that's why the desktop has to suffer as well. The iOS 7-9 and OSX themes have a lot better colors.