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Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by joegibbs »

VladVladikoff wrote: post #3

It’s wild how antique the iPhone interface design looks. It’s not THAT old.

Yeah in comparison OSX Mountain Lion or Windows 8 look basically the same as the modern desktop OSes, while mobile releases from that era look totally different. I suppose it had only been 5 years since the release of the iPhone so there was still a lot of experimentation

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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I read this article when it was new and I've shared it with a bunch of people because it it unbelievably fascinating to me.

There's something borderline "voyeuristic" (for want of a better term) about it. There are all these videos that are public, I'm allowed to watch them, but they were clearly not meant for me to watch. It's like when you see a family photo at a Goodwill or something.

It's definitely worth trying out if you get bored; it's a proper time capsule. There's absolutely nothing cynical about it; these videos weren't made for profit, they weren't made to sell you something. They're candid videos of people as they were in ~2010.

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joegibbs wrote: post #4
VladVladikoff wrote: post #3

It’s wild how antique the iPhone interface design looks. It’s not THAT old.

Yeah in comparison OSX Mountain Lion or Windows 8 look basically the same as the modern desktop OSes, while mobile releases from that era look totally different. I suppose it had only been 5 years since the release of the iPhone so there was still a lot of experimentation

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Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by uzyn »

VladVladikoff wrote: post #3

It’s wild how antique the iPhone interface design looks. It’s not THAT old.

It seems our fingers have gotten thinner, or more skillful at tapping at relatively tinier buttons now. Look at how huge those buttons are.

I am aware screen size has increased tremendously, even then I think the buttons were still quite huge compared to the size of today's tappable links.

Re: IMG_0416 (2024)

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Post by lillecarl »

uzyn wrote: post #8
VladVladikoff wrote: post #3

It’s wild how antique the iPhone interface design looks. It’s not THAT old.

It seems our fingers have gotten thinner, or more skillful at tapping at relatively tinier buttons now. Look at how huge those buttons are. I am aware screen size has increased tremendously, even then I think the buttons were still quite huge compared to the size of today's tappable links.

The models detecting touch has become better and the touch grid has become both higher resolution and more reliable.

Being able to detect the middle-point of a fat finger wasn't a 1.0 feature

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