Today I updated
Firefox for Linux, the new UI design
changes reminded me of how much I despise the modern design trend of
tailoring everything for smartphones. I
don't own a smartphone, I see how they are useful, but certain design
elements that work for a smartphone are just really annoying and
terrible for other users, and often times they are forced to be used by
everyone (much thanks to the people who actually build in a check to see
if the user is on a phone vs. pc and displays differently).
For Instance in
Windows 8 those huge buttons, icons, that are perfect for fingers but really ridiculous for a mouse user
and take up valuable screen real estate on top of looking childish. Since when did everything is being done in view of smartphones design ?
