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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  4278 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Google: Don’t be ugly | The Economist

Google has definitely been getting better at aesthetics, and I think that it's a good thing that they have cared more about their functionality. That said, people do like sleek and good looking, and that's what sells the most. Pointing out the aesthetic flaws of Google Glass isn't very fair in my mind, it's a very new technology and the way that it works limits how good it can look, without some very clever engineering.





thenewgreen  ·  4276 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Much like looking at the original computers or even iPods, we will eventually look back at GG and think "wow how gaudy those were". But to me, they're not as bad as some have made them out to be. Once they're ubiquitous, nobody will even notice them. Right now they stick out like a sore thumb.