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.world
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    1 year ago

    The dynamic theming is a bit of a branding nightmare.

    Probably one of the reasons I like it. Big red company icon next to the big black company icon, next to the big pink company icon. Nah, I’ll take the uniform design, please.

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      1 year ago

      But companies like to brand for, among others, usability and legal reasons. They aren’t going to participate in neutering the brand they have invested so much in. It doesn’t really matter if the user “likes” it because it’s pretty. What matters is if the companies pouring money into app development like it, and if the users can easily identify the apps they want to use. That’s why it has such low adoption.

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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.

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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. And if so, I’d like to think you’d be in the limited minority.

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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 business is so resistant to it other than they want to train the customer rather than listen to their requests.