When creating web and mobile application UIs, what is better:
"Flat Design" or "Skeuomorphic Design"?  It depends.  Yes, I
know, that's a cop-out, but not really… There are benefits and
drawbacks to both, and what your are designing and who you are
designing for is just as important as the design "style" ("Flat"
or "skeuomorphic") you choose to use.  "Flat" design is a good
approach if you want to focus on and provide clean simple UIs,
but "Flat" design can sometimes be harder to understand because
the familiar visual cues that users expect or look for aren't
applied. This is especially true when you are redesigning
something that has a "history" with the user. Exhibit A: The
tiled UI in Windows 8 strips away the standard conventions users
have "learned" over the years, increasing the potential learning
curve and cognitive load for the user.  Skeomporphic design
provides real world visual metaphors to the UI that can help the
user better understand how the application works, thus reducing
the time needed for