Fantasy UI

#1

Post by ujeezy » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:32 AM UTC

Fantasy UI
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Re: Fantasy UI

#2

Post by sxp » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:58 AM UTC

https://www.reddit.com/r/FUI/ has many more examples if you're a fan of FUIs.

Re: Fantasy UI

#3

Post by idiocrat » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 6:07 AM UTC

Microsoft is one trillion worth, but can offer only laughable Metro UI.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItTqnTsVjA

Re: Fantasy UI

#4

Post by zapzupnz » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 6:27 AM UTC

idiocrat wrote: post #3

Microsoft is one trillion worth, but can offer only laughable Metro UI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItTqnTsVjA

Does the maker of the video also write blog posts or anything? I'm very into this topic and I skimmed through the video, but I'm not sure I want to be essentially yelled at for an hour and a half.

Re: Fantasy UI

#5

Post by idiocrat » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 6:39 AM UTC

zapzupnz wrote: post #4

idiocrat wrote: post #3

Microsoft is one trillion worth, but can offer only laughable Metro UI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItTqnTsVjA

Does the maker of the video also write blog posts or anything? I'm very into this topic and I skimmed through the video, but I'm not sure I want to be essentially yelled at for an hour and a half.

I do not necessarily like to be yelled at either, but he is an extraordinary case.

In fact it is not as bad as it sounds, if you can filter out the presentation form over contents.

For me it was worth watching, as he makes really strong points, resonating with my expectation about UI.

I do not think he has this in written form.

Re: Fantasy UI

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Post by BruceEel » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 7:06 AM UTC

Nice. Some look sort of acid/trippy but others look very slick and eh, super-usable. I'd love to play with an actual implementation. Something Dear ImGui-sh would be great...

Re: Fantasy UI

#7

Post by Apocryphon » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 7:15 AM UTC

I feel like from the 70s-00s alone there are enough examples of fantasy UI and Hollywood OSes to fill a nice thick coffee table with.

Re: Fantasy UI

#8

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 7:28 AM UTC

idiocrat wrote: post #3

Microsoft is one trillion worth, but can offer only laughable Metro UI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItTqnTsVjA

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Re: Fantasy UI

#9

Post by naikus » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 7:31 AM UTC

Please do one on Westworld UI!

Re: Fantasy UI

#10

Post by krm01 » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 7:55 AM UTC

As a UI/UX agency that focusses on B2B SaaS, I’ve always found Fantasy UIs fascinating. It’s the complete opposite of the simple & clean interfaces clients ask us to design.

I’ve spent some time thinking about why these Fantasy UIs are so fascinating despite the fact they seem not very user friendly.

My conclusion was that fantasy Interfaces are very much like the early web. Lots of moving parts (dancing banana gifs) and you had to figure out the navigation on each website you visited. Today, everything looks and feels the same and we lost the creative spirit of interface building.

Figuring out the interface might not be best practice. But at the same time, I remember sharing websites with friends purely based on how fun the navigation and overall controls were.

We lost the Art of interface building and turned it into a complete science. There are arguments for both sides.

My wish is that... Hopefully.. one day, someone will contact us with a project that allows us to build the first fantasy UI for a real-world SaaS product.