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Ask HN: What's the word for 'doing things the same old way with a new tool'?

3 points by fossterer 10 years ago · 2 comments · 1 min read


It's the word for 'doing things the same old way even when you have a new technology/tool with new capabilities' -- something that sounds like syroglephic, seiroglyphic.

dangrossman 10 years ago

I think you're looking for "skeuomorphic", though it describes form (mimicking the aesthetic of something else) rather than function.

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