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I am a mid-30s senior by this definition.

Well, maybe I am a senior. I know I spend far more time screaming at clouds nowadays and grow increasingly distant from what kids today are into.

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I don't blame the kids: the brutalist yet colorful zoomer UI design is much easier to parse for 30 year old seniors than the flat UI/material crap our generation created.

I have no way to defend this argument but my eyes, but I can say that Google's Material design is the most bland, insipid of them all, and I would rather see Bootstrap again than another Material-inspired with its white cards on white background and tap animations. Just kidding, Bootstrap was as bland.

I miss Windows 2000 every day.

What is that zoomer UI you are referring to?

I have heard it referred that way, I didn't use zoomer as a slur.

I can't think of any example off my head, but I remember mention of a striking online clothing store with bold colours, thick black borders and large fonts that's very popular in that age range.

From a quick search on google: https://thedigitalmaze.com/blog/three-awesome-ui-design-tren...

See also the design for Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/

Ah, that is what that design is called? Heh. I've seen it, among other names, also been referred to as "chalkboard design". It also reminds me quite a bit of the style you use when drawing on flipcharts, and actually of 90s web design; the good parts of it, that is. I like the ideas behind it and the clarity, but I think everything tends to be hideously oversized on it.

Commonly called neo-brutalist ui, iirc. The only issue I have (well not only, but main), is that many have really really large text and it's hard to read. For example: gumroad

At least M3's cards are slightly tinted

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