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Google's big Android redesign is official, and it's teeming with expression (www.pocket-lint.com)
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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Honestly I think it's hideous. Wish they would take this one back to the drawing board. I prefer the sleek and minimalist push they used to have, but now it feels like they're going back in a maximalist direction.

My phone's OS doesn't need to be a theatrical experience with every press or swipe, it just needs to get me from point A to point B as quickly and simply as possible.

[-] Xylight@lemm.ee 6 points 2 hours ago

I guess I've always been the person who likes UI change, I find it exciting to see that kind of thing. I know a ton of people will hate this, but I personally like it. The Android 12 quick settings menu looked awful to me, white straight next to black. Blur is overdue.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Blur is garbage I don't need.

Fix the crappy space-wasting nonsense.

Google is refining animations, adding blur

How about refining UI control back to the user's hand? Instead we have garbage that people with vision or motor-control challenges can't use.

[-] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 8 points 3 hours ago

as long as I can cover it all with the kiss launcher

[-] TheDuffmaster@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Is this not just IOS??!??!!

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

All I see is more CPU/GPU power being given to irrelevant things that does nothing but make older devices run slower from the excess overhead.

For most, except those with the newest devices, this will be a downgrade unless they change settings to reduce the use of animations. Not sure if there will be an option to disable the blur but I hope so.

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I turn off so much crap as it is, and crank all animations down to 0.5 (I'd go lower but this is just fast enough to no have stutter). I don't need iOS-slow animations that "look cool", I got shit to do.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 4 points 4 hours ago

why would they need to do things that actually matter like privacy and security lol

they got foss chads doing the hard work on that so they can circle jerk rounded edges and square

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 26 minutes ago

I don't think the UI designers are the people who usually with on security features

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 19 minutes ago

Who make decisions where money is spent?

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