[kasabali]

> people are now nostalgic for it because the backlash has been forgotten.

What backslash? Only backslash I remember is when flat design was introduced. The only people complaining about skeumorphism was designers chasing latest fad.

[overfeed]

> What backslash?

https://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/11/apples-designers-clashi...

https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/10/skueomorphism-red-headed-s...

https://gizmodo.com/apples-podcasts-app-no-longer-has-horrib...

https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/22/3680320/skeuomorphic-des...

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/09/death-to-textures-io...

https://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3367270/yves-behar-apple-...

https://techcrunch.com/2013/06/09/skeuomorphism-isnt-ioss-bi...

https://daringfireball.net/2013/01/the_trend_against_skeuomo...

Edit: FYI: you typoed 'backlash' twice

[kasabali]

> The only people complaining about skeumorphism was designers chasing latest fad.

You're just proving my point. Notice how all of these were posted after Zune/Metro/Windows Phone/8/whatever it's called flat design craziness started.

Just look at this quote from Gruber's blog post:

...these hallmarks of modern UI graphic design style are (almost) never used in good print graphic design. They’re unnecessary in print...

No shit, guess what also wasn't needed in print: Buttons to be pressed and radioboxes to be selected. The whole fad just built on "old design is old and designers need to be employed".