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?

  • Ɀeus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    yeah, 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

    [1] other colours are available, i just like orange


    edit: 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

    [2] look at the lack of contrast on that “new post” button