• I was barely alive in 1998, but I definitely think Win98 was the perfect sort of skeuomorphism, not super showy or maximalist like a lot of skeumorphic design is. It’s like modern minimalism without the suck.

    •  Akasazh   ( @Akasazh@feddit.nl ) 
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      skeuomorphism

      New word learned.

      For the lazy: it’s a derivative object that retains ornamental design cues (attributes) from structures that were necessary in the original.

      For instance : a lamp in the shape of a candle, or the folders in a operating system.