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		pbiggar on April 27, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GMail: designer arrogance and the cult of minimali... > Who says they're awful? You just don't like them. Well yes, but he is the guy who wrote Gmail, and that does add a little bit of strength to his argument.

anthonyb on April 28, 2012 [–]

It shouldn't be a free pass though ;)

"A big red button is awful." isn't much good compared to "A big red button is awful because ..." or "Instead of a big red button you should do ..."

pbiggar on May 1, 2012 | [–]

I think the reason was implicit. Red has a meaning in UIs, and it's not "Compose".

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