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Personally, I found skeuomorphic design to be something that I really enjoyed, for a couple of days, but rapidly got sick of.

That may have more to with the skills of the implementors, as opposed to the concept, as a whole.

I do find modern "flat" design to be less "fun," but I get a lot more done with it.

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That might be the thing. In real life you don't use the same stationary for years. Your desk is a reflection of your mood and evolves almost daily. Maybe that's where these fail?

Indeed, my mood most days is bland, monotonic, and flat, just like my desktop.

I'm not sure why you are participating in this thread then.

This is where themes come in.

> In real life you don't use the same stationary for years.

That's honestly just because I can't reuse paper I've already written something on. That's a limitation of paper I'm glad the digital did away with.

I've used some pens for years. Once I found one I liked, I stuck with it.

I switched to Linux to get away from the UI churn. Things changing without my consent does not bring me joy, but it's not like you really have a choice if you run Windows (or a distro with a DE that does do the churn).

You point is?

I functionally do use the same stationary for years. The only exception is paper, which I try to avoid using due to its real world limitaions. My desk doesn't change depending on my mood. It barely develops yearly, let alone daily.

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