Edit: I meant the ui on android 12+

  • zeus ⁧ ⁧ ∽↯∼@lemm.ee
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    i hated material ew as soon as it was announced. so much padding everywhere, and so little contrast - to paraphrase the incredibles: if everything’s orange[1], nothing is. your eyes will adjust to it. i want actionable items to stand out, not be a slightly lighter shade of the same colour. it also looks rather like a fischer-price my first phone interface

    i must say, if an app (for example, jerboa) uses material 3, i usually try to look for an alternative


    some examples:

    with material design, it’s clear what’s a header, what’s a footer,[2] and what each button’s state is.

    with all the padding, there’s also less space; leading to less functionality

    with material ew, it’s much harder to tell at a glance what each app is, one has to scrutinise the icon rather than just tell at a glance by colour

    i also really dislike monet; the way it pulls this horrible washed out sickly pastel colour from a wallpaper and washes it over the entire app. if i just pulled one accent colour, and applied that to, say, the header and main action button, i’d like it a lot more


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    1. other colours are available, i just like orange ↩︎

    2. look at the lack of contrast on that “new post” button ↩︎

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      1 year ago

      much harder to tell at a glance what each app is

      Is that a Google launcher issue? I’m using Nova Launcher and my apps are still all different colors, the app icons don’t use the material you color.

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            1 year ago

            well probably, in fact i’ve never had it turned on. but it’s part of the m3 design spec, so i’m going to use it as an example to criticise the m3 spec.

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              Fair enough. I have it on, not much of a problem for me to recognize the apps but it gives a much more consistent look to my home page. I agree that Material You has sacrificed productivity in favor of appearance, and a lot of people may not like it. Meanwhile, I personally don’t have much of a problem with that.

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                1 year ago

                i personally think it’s sacrificed productivity in favour of hideous pastel vomit, but i realise that’s just my opinion.