.. Moving elements should move in a pattern and direction compatible with the user’s mental model of how it actually moves in the system. For example, the moving element on an altimeter should move upward with increasing altitude.
The demise of skeuomorphism
Gruber argues that high resolution screens are a natural fit for clean, typographic interfaces, whereas crude low resolution screens need skeuomorphism’s visual “parlor tricks” to disguise their inferior pixel density:
.. The purpose of Skeuomorphism is to make a digital interface look familiar to its users by mimicking a physical object. For instance Apple’s iCal application resembles a desktop calendar, complete with “rich Corinthian leather” and pages that can be “torn” off. When Apple debuted their skeuomorphic interfaces, they may have been hoping to appeal to digital newcomers making their first forays into the unfamiliar world of personal computing, by evoking the real world calendars, address books and to-do lists that users were leaving behind.
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Medium’s CSS Guide
Not long after introducing scales to Medium, we started in on a big re-style code named “Cocoon”.