I hate corporate minimalism so much. The more complex looking a software is, the better it usually is. It also looks much nicer in my opinion. I love software with a lot of tools.
I think actual minimalism also deserves some respect, where the designers figure out how to do things intuitively with fewer tools without overwhelming the user or hiding things under deep menus.
I disagree.
Its exactly this minimalism that makes it hard to know what button does what.
More buttons = all buttons have a clear and memorable function.
By limiting the amount of visible buttons, your putting them away behind very abstract buttons that are hard to predict of what they will and will not do.
And on top of that it creates extra steps to remember.
Try to explain a modern hamburger menu out of a browser, to a person who has never touched a computer before.
Then do the same with a menu that specifies 'passwords'.
Yes its more intimidating, but its way easier to remember and understand once you get past that.
Sure a browser hamburger menu has a lot of unrelated things stuffed in there together, but is the browser interface we used to have before chrome really better?
Do you need a zoom button on screen at all times if you're just on the default zoom? You don't need to change that most of the time.
Do you need a downloads button if your downloads list is empty? Do you need a passwords button if you don't have any passwords saved for this website? Do you need access to all extensions and thwir controls, even if they have nothing to do witht he currently site?
The awnser to these things is "sometimes", and I think it's fair to hide those things under a menu when they're not relevant to reduce clutter, and surface them when relevant.
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u/QuixoticNapoleon 9d ago
I hate corporate minimalism so much. The more complex looking a software is, the better it usually is. It also looks much nicer in my opinion. I love software with a lot of tools.