> Then they complain a few years later when the UI they complained about and ultimately adopted gets changed again.
1) A few years later and you (or at least I) can't remember what the previous UI looked like. So if I don't complain about the change, it's only because I don't remember enough to recall what it used to be.
2) Exception: Windows 8. Nobody complained when Windows 9 came out, because they remembered what Windows 7 looked like (indeed, many of us were still using 7). (Of course some did complain that 9 didn't look exactly like 7, but since 9 was such an improvement over 8, their voices were muted.)
A few years later and you (or at least I) can't remember what the previous UI looked like. So if I don't complain about the change, it's only because I don't remember enough to recall what it used to be.
There was a similar amount of hate around the iOS 7 design. Apple toned it a bit down (like they are doing with Liquid Glass now), but you can compare the screenshots before and after and iOS 7 was certainly better in hindsight.
One day my dad dug up his old iPhone that was still running pre-7 and the UI was kind of meh.
All the non-techies in my family don’t seem to care about Liquid Glass? They went ‘oh it looks slightly different’ and went on with their lives.
By the way, I don’t think Windows 9 exists. They went 8 -> 8.1 -> 10.
1) A few years later and you (or at least I) can't remember what the previous UI looked like. So if I don't complain about the change, it's only because I don't remember enough to recall what it used to be.
2) Exception: Windows 8. Nobody complained when Windows 9 came out, because they remembered what Windows 7 looked like (indeed, many of us were still using 7). (Of course some did complain that 9 didn't look exactly like 7, but since 9 was such an improvement over 8, their voices were muted.)