This is a better article about skeuomorphism for those interested: http://www.andymangold.com/skeuomorphism-the-opiate-of-the-p...

PS - Skeuomorphism definition: "Strictly speaking it means retaining design features from earlier designs when those features previously had a specific reason for being that way, but do not any longer." - http://madebymany.com/blog/apples-aesthetic-dichotomy

I like the brochure thing. I think it takes into account the human nature of the users and their feelings. It's design that lets us feel connection with the program.

I much rather prefer comfortable textured armchairs than soulless straight chairs of Bauhaus' spirit. I think what Metro and other "minimalists" forget to remember is that computer screen is a canvas, a medium. You shouldn't force user to think like a machine, but rather force the machine to think like a human.

Bump is building an awesome design team. We are hiring interaction designers & visual designers - come join us.

Debatably, they got less than half the talent, thank you very much!

Abby > Ivan? :-)

At less than a tenth of the price?

Also worth noting was once we made it through the 'first round' I sent an email asking some questions and got no reply...

Dear author: Please stop misusing 'less'. It should be _fewer_ disks, _fewer_ books. Fewer is for discrete things, less is for continuous. As in: fewer dollars, less money. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fewer/less

I would appreciate if 'dear author' proofreading-comments were actually directed at the author, rather than appearing here. Especially if, as here, the author is not an HN regular and the article already has its own comment thread, and the recommended correction has already appeared in those comments.

I'm OK with polite corrections that address writing that canonically lives here -- especially when it can result in a quick correction to the original headline/comment. (Even so, I would love to see software support for friendly proofreading comments that don't clutter the main thread -- for example visible only to the author, or appearing in a separate 'meta' view, or which expire when the revision-window of the target expires. Then we can get the benefit of many-eyes-improved writing without lingering proofreading noise.)

mediocrity != good

Hm, I did a quick search, and it's missing all of the payment engines, and doesn't list popular Twitter URL shorteners like bit.ly

This execution isn't addressing the readers needs, but it would be interesting to see several different attempts at a redesign. It would be a fun challenge for interaction designers.

We do that as well.

They use free p2p payments as a loss leader to up-sell their credit cards. It's a pretty interesting model.