My observation is that once "UI" became "UX", interfaces turned terrible across the board.
When I did the human interface course in my comp.sci degree, there was a lot of attention on standardization, making things people could effectively interact with, consistent feature widgets that are clearly those widgets. Remember "HIG"s?
Nowadays, instead of trying to find a way to make an interface pleasant and consistent, it has to be a unique butterfly of some glorious design that just sucks.
Next time you're designing something with a button that doesn't have a border and isn't clearly a button... Step back and have a rethink. Radio buttons indistinguishable from checkboxes? Your design is bad.
When I did the human interface course in my comp.sci degree, there was a lot of attention on standardization, making things people could effectively interact with, consistent feature widgets that are clearly those widgets. Remember "HIG"s?
Nowadays, instead of trying to find a way to make an interface pleasant and consistent, it has to be a unique butterfly of some glorious design that just sucks.
Next time you're designing something with a button that doesn't have a border and isn't clearly a button... Step back and have a rethink. Radio buttons indistinguishable from checkboxes? Your design is bad.
Now get off my lawn