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cheerfulsw.com is a personal blog at cheerfulsw.com about design and writing. Since 2010, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Destroying Apple’s Legacy”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
A post imagining how Apple would look and work if Steve Jobs still ran it, focused on interface and icon design. HN readers link it in discussions of Apple's design direction.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Destroying Apple’s Legacy3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2015-09-11
What Hacker News says?
You only say that because Apple didn’t update the look of its skeumorphic icons. And because you are so used to the white backgrounds that shine in your face: Go here and tell me which screenshot looks better: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/54bb4cfce4b045585ada36... The answer is obvious. Now go here and tell me which row looks better: http://www.elischiff.com/blog/2015/4/7/fall-of-the-designer-... Many would…
Comment linking /2015/destroying-apples-legacy/
on “If Steve Jobs Still Ran Apple”Submitted Destroying Apple’s Legacy as a story · 190 points
HN discussionSubmitted The iPad, the Newton, & the "Of Course" Model of Innovation Diffusion as a story · 44 points
HN discussionSubmitted Don’t listen to Le Corbusier or Jakob Nielsen as a story · 9 points
HN discussionSubmitted Destroying Apple’s Legacy… or Saving It as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted We don’t make software our homes, but we spend 7 - 8 hours a day there as a story · 1 points
HN discussion
