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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?

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[-] unfnknblvbl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I'm just kind of sick of Android in general, tbh. Google has killed off almost everything that made it fun to play with new Android versions, and somehow made it less intuitive/easy to use for advanced/experienced users in the constant pursuit of - ironically - ease of use. For example: why is it now a swipe and three taps to disable wifi in the Quick Settings panel, when previously it was a swipe and one tap?

[-] quortez@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I like MY — I just wish I could design more of it on the user side.

Auto generated colorschemes are great and give Android a level of class it has been missing for a while. But I wish I didn't have to rely on a third party app like Repainter to finely choose my palette rather than hope the theme engine makes a good one. I also resent my icon shape, font, and icon options being ripped away from me.

There was a section on the original MY Google IO announcement that implies that the padding and roundness could be freely adjusted throughout the system. I wish that materialized (rimshot) into the final product.

The only objective regression I can think of with MY, rather than just an annoyance, is the Quick Settings. A merged internet toggle that no one asked for, a further reduction in a available toggles from Android 11, and not even bothering to make the Bluetooth toggle one of the fancy expanding ones instead of sending you to settings or surfacing the audio playback toggle (why can't I change the output before I play media, Google?). Ugh.

[-] SunburyStudios@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

My only issue is not easily being able to scroll to the bottom without overshooting to flip pages. I hate not being able to flip pages from the top, but not being able to quick scroll to the bottom too is really counter intuitive.

[-] Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago
[-] ayyndrew@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same, I like how playful it can be

[-] IronRain@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It definitely grew on me over time, and as more apps began to embrace it. Really well-detailed apps, like Sync, showed the true potential of what Material You can be like. It's also a little easier to distinguish the pastel and tint in sunlight (at least with sunglasses on), so that's a major plus.

[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

It's alright, but I'm not obsessed with having everything conform to it like some people are

[-] hydra@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I think it's nice as long as you have a custom ROM with root to tweak it. It's UNUSABLE on its default state.

But I still miss Holo and its mystique so much, it was perfect on small screens and needed some tweaking to be a mature, elegant, unique and expressive UI design language.

[-] sacbuntchris@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

What changes do custom roms let you make?

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