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		Flying_Dwarf on June 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iOS 7 Flat has always been about ornamentation and not layers. Plenty of flat websites have layers. Modals. Pops outs. Sliding menus. I don't know why people think flat is about not having layers. Did Apple just start this bizarre thinking?

bennyg on June 12, 2013 [–]

You were doing great until the last sentence. Why is a lot of the criticism jumping to attack the corporate entity behind the design, instead of the design itself?

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