SOS: Save Our Skeuomorphs!
What smartphone app resembles a 12th century nautical tool? The answer’s due south!
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Skeuomorphs “Net” Cultural Memory
As we sail into a new decade, a titanic debate continues to rock the boat from port to computer port. On one side, designers who’ve jettisoned skeuomorphs. On the other, those who are still on board with them.
Should skeuomorphs be set adrift? Or treasured because they’re anchored in cultural memory? What are skeuomorphs, anyway?
Some designers dislike skeuomorphs’ ties to the past, as in this digital version
of a nautical compass.
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Say, That Looks Familiar
Even if you’ve never heard of them, you know them. In computing, skeuomorphs are digital images that mimic older, physical objects. The nearest examples are probably on your cellphone:
a retro telephone handset (digital phone app)
a postage stamp...
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