Flat design dangerous?

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One of the first requests for a new UI is usually the Flat design. This is usually followed by "hey, can you add a shadow or border something?" which basically turns it non-flat. The color contrast is another big problem people seem to forget.

E.G. http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/

Windows 8 feels cheap or at least still a work in progress. It sometimes actually reminds me of an early iteration of SkyOS.

Edit: One very seriously messed up design trend that's making the rounds is this habit of putting the page content inside in-page popups. The Chrome Web Store does it as does the default Blogger theme.

If I accidentally click anywhere else on the page (which is possible on a touchpad), the page is gone. Woosh. I now have to use the back button to get back too that.

There was once a video embedded on a site with this in-page popup and it had extended the page horizontally. I tried using the arrow keys to get there, but oops, now I'm on the next article.

I wish Web 3.0 will die soon.

""hey, can you add a shadow or border something?" which basically turns it non-flat." - you killed me with that one. I must sadly agree.

It's so common! Thanks for writing this up; everything was spot on.

I don't see why this is a problem. If the client wants a flat design with drop-shadows, than that's what he or she wants. Does that mean it won't be "flat"? Well, probably yeah. Should the client care? Nope. Was the objective (letting you know what he wants) accomplished? Yeah.

Whether the client should dictate this kind of stuff is a subject for another discussion.

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