How UIs Degrade Over Time

66 · Daring Fireball · July 12, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
user-interface-design Software development trends Design Clarity Windows UI
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The blog post discusses how user interface (UI) designs have degraded over time, focusing on examples from Windows and MacOS. It highlights a concerning trend of declining clarity in system UI design, suggesting that there was once a time of improvement in UI that has not persisted. The author reflects on this inexplicable shift in design quality.
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