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Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by josefx » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:22 PM UTC

whimsicalism wrote: post #100

user_7832 wrote: post #83

I am a little surprised to see no one question the author's description or assumption of "Gen Z". As someone presumably from Gen Z, I find both interfaces either bad or terrible. The partiful design is outright tacky and looks terrible (nothing homogeneous, questionable design choices etc) but Filteroff has so much whitespace it feels like it was designed by soulless corps at Uber or Facebook who just studied from Pi…

Eh. I agree with what you are saying, but also think the general trends they are pointing out do seem to sort of be preferred by Gen Z.. more "maximalist." Look at Depop, for example. --fellow gen Z-er

The samples on HN might be a bit skewed, its design is after all a bit on the boring side.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by 0x0000000 » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:22 PM UTC

prpl wrote: post #147

0x0000000 wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> then myspace came along and everyone stopped making their own webpages opting instead to customize their profile ... that's a weird re-writing of history. The vast majority of people on MySpace never made their own webpages, and MySpace wasn't the first "customize my profile hosted on someone's site", as LiveJournal, Xanga, and others came before it.

not the first but definitely the largest, probably by two orders of magnitude

I don't think myspace ever had an order of magnitude more users than LiveJournal. Do you have any data to the contrary?

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by hef19898 » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

intrasight wrote: post #145

burlesona wrote: post #21

Design trends come and go. Minimalism is has probably already peaked, and typically when a trend peaks the next trend intentionally runs against it. The "gen-z" look reminds me of the early web when people thought that and were really exciting html elements. Those were noisy pages, but they had the feeling of an enthusiastic hobbyist scrapbook, and that was part of the appeal. "I could make something cool like that."…

> Design trends come and go. True. Buy my training is in military, process control, and nuclear. In those context, I've never heard a project manager say "make it look like a game". Whereas in business apps, I have heard that many times.

And that is a good thing, some applications, explicitly not apps, have to be made to work and function properly. Not to look good or fancy.

Just wait until someone proposes to build a blinky-clicky UI on top of the serious stuff to make it easier for users. No joke, I have that problem at work right now...

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by agrippanux » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:23 PM UTC

yakubin wrote: post #128

Every single element of design featured on this page looks terrible: the apps and websites visible in screenshots, the blog itself. The excessively rounded ages make me feel as if I was in a children's house, where everything was rounded so that children don't hurt themselves hitting their heads on corners, or even on a children's carousel. The text on the website isn't evenly centred inside the boxes (top padding is…

“The excessively rounded ages make me feel as if I was in a children's house, where everything was rounded so that children don't hurt themselves hitting their heads on corners, or even on a children's carousel.”

This is exactly why I can’t use MacOS anymore. It’s a neon-pastel-candy-colored, everything-is-rounded, excessive white space UI nightmare for me.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by oblio » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:24 PM UTC

josefx wrote: post #161

whimsicalism wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eh. I agree with what you are saying, but also think the general trends they are pointing out do seem to sort of be preferred by Gen Z.. more "maximalist." Look at Depop, for example. --fellow gen Z-er

The samples on HN might be a bit skewed, its design is after all a bit on the boring side.

A bit boring? It's as dry as a bone :-))

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by mbesto » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:27 PM UTC

user_7832 wrote: post #83

I am a little surprised to see no one question the author's description or assumption of "Gen Z". As someone presumably from Gen Z, I find both interfaces either bad or terrible. The partiful design is outright tacky and looks terrible (nothing homogeneous, questionable design choices etc) but Filteroff has so much whitespace it feels like it was designed by soulless corps at Uber or Facebook who just studied from Pi…

> the fact that this is the first time I'm hearing of Gen Z design definitely raised my eyebrows.

Isn't the author's description of GenZ essentially "Snap's UI"?

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by dylan604 » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:27 PM UTC

derefr wrote: post #72

dylan604 wrote: post #58

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Literal ages is such a random gen-z way of describing this! I'm literally a video editor/motion graphics person, so no, this doesn't take "literal ages" to edit.

They also had to pick a one-second slice of a "thematically-related" music track to set each of the ~100ish readings to. That would take a fair amount of time during editing, no?

Those are called sound f/x. They are quite common and are litterally just 1 second sounds to be dropped into a timeline. There are libraries upon libraries of them available. They used to come on vinyl and had to be recorded in to something useable. Then they came on CDs and could just be ripped. Now, they float around as YT videos or other websites royalty free.

This would be common knowledge amongst people that have spent any time in an edit bay as a client or as an editor. It's one of those things that those that know just sit back and smile while those that don't are in awe.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by 5ESS » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:28 PM UTC

yakubin wrote: post #128

Every single element of design featured on this page looks terrible: the apps and websites visible in screenshots, the blog itself. The excessively rounded ages make me feel as if I was in a children's house, where everything was rounded so that children don't hurt themselves hitting their heads on corners, or even on a children's carousel. The text on the website isn't evenly centred inside the boxes (top padding is…

The spacing is messed up here and some of the sizing is questionable but there’s only 2 instances of rounded corners I see so I think your exaggerating a bit.

That being said it doesn’t invoke the feeling of a safe dating app to me.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by canniballectern » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:29 PM UTC

TrevorJ wrote: post #157

lobstrosity420 wrote: post #117

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Can you give an example of something you can't draw on Figma? I'm having trouble picturing what you mean.

Sure - I would say many of these would be much better suited for creation in a competent raster-based tool: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9c/a8/7f/9ca87fcc3a2bed54edfb... https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/02dcb79b40989932a37ce8... https://cdn.dribbble.com/users/1866209/screenshots/8200836/m... https://cdn.techinasia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/iBooks...

It's not surprising that pixel art is easier to make in a raster editor than in a vector editor.

The 3rd image was probably made in Figma or Sketch though. It would probably take more time to build that in Photoshop than Figma, and the result would be harder to make changes to.

Re: Light mode, Dark mode, and Gen-Z mode?

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Post by dylan604 » Tue, Mar 15, 2022, 4:30 PM UTC

carlisle_ wrote: post #132

dylan604 wrote: post #101

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>Maybe I’m overly sensitive Yes, I would suggest in this specific instance you are. >but I’m really tired of ADHD ableist jokes like this one Not once did I mention ADHD which is a medically recognized condition. However, the use of Ritalin in today's society is not limited to those that are prescribed Ritalin as a treatment for ADHD. There are many many people that use it recreationaly. Being around people using it…

Little defensive there, huh.

Sure, feel free to go around the internet and accuse people of something, then make fun of them for being defensive when they explain how it's not what you thought. Especially after preceding your entire post with "I might be overly sensitive"