Are you guys tired of the “Material You” design? I don’t really like the huge paddings on everything aspect of it. Also a lot of it feels too flat. What do you guys think?

  • Chad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It doesn’t really matter if the user “likes” it because it’s pretty.

    I prioritize apps that have the option. If companies want me to choose their app over another, they’ll offer it.

    I have no problem identifying the app I want to use. My apps are alphabetized. Easy peasy.

    • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Most apps aren’t “choice” apps. Things like banking, transit, etc. I doubt you’d change your bank or refuse to take the bus just because they don’t allow their app to be colored based on a random pixel measurement from a background image. I’ll go out on a long and guess you’d also not choose an app with that option but fewer features. And if so, I’d like to think you’d be in the limited minority.

      Edit to clarify: Good companies, given a choice, will by and large invest in material (pun intended) improvements over a confusing and variable prettification feature with no real usability advantage.

      • Chad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        True, which is why I said prioritize. If I have no other option, I have no other option. Some of my open source, small project apps have already made icons available. I really have a hard time understanding why a big (or even small) business is so resistant to it other than they want to train the customer as opposed to listening to consumers’ minimal requests.

        As it is now, apps without the material you theming go on my second “page”. Only apps with material you go on my main screen.

        • AnalogyAddict@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Because big companies have a lot more on their plate than startups or open source that may or may not pan out.

          Anyone with a modicum of skill in observation who has worked in such environments knows exactly why the little guy (especially a little guy with free labor) spends a lot more time or money on less essential UI.

          • Chad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            I don’t claim to know ui design. I’ve created a few icons here and there and it wasn’t hard. Anyway, no need to continue to belabor the point.