> The problem with Microsoft is that they “simply have no taste.”
You can say that about Apple today too. After all, in iOS7 they copied the Flat UI from Microsoft, including thin fonts, and buttons that don't look like buttons and so on. Although more recently they have removed thin fonts in their designs.
I felt that is what happen when you put a Industrial Designer in charge of Software Design.
I know it feels a little harsh, but Jony without Steve is a Designer without Product Manager. Steve Jobs is great being an Editor and Product Executive.
The decisions made since Ive has left Have me hopeful for a better future at Apple. They’re never going to be perfect, but things are going in the right direction. Their laptops are getting ticker for crying out loud!
I just got a new 16” MBP after hanging onto a 2013 MBP forever (with a brief detour to Windows and running screaming back). It’s practically perfect in every way.
It was also the first time Apple was reacting since the imac days. They were leading of computing UI innovation almost everywhere since.. and then they started to have a me-too moment, trying to make flat-ui right the Apple way. Very odd.
You can say that about Apple today too. After all, in iOS7 they copied the Flat UI from Microsoft, including thin fonts, and buttons that don't look like buttons and so on. Although more recently they have removed thin fonts in their designs.