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_0xddtoday at 2:01 AM1 replyview on HN

It's still a bit jarring to me to see how far Apple embraced form over function with iOS and subsequently macOS. I remember reading the Human Interface Guidelines from the late Mac OS 9/early Mac OS X days and being taken aback by the level of detail and thought that went into those interfaces. Don't get me wrong, some things made no sense (brushed metal was... a choice) but there was a certain level of polish that I don't think exists anymore.


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nok22kontoday at 5:13 AM

it's market changed

it started as a computer for professionals

now its for people who want to look cool. so form is much more important than function, it's literally what you buy