I find it and other modern designs to be boring, but I don't hate it.
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Yeah, I'm not going to say Google doesn't waste space. There's definitely a difference between stylistic padding, and literally not using a section of the screen for no reason.
I was tired of it before they launched it.
My main issue is the lack of good contrast, it really hurts.
I love material you, the 'flatness' and pastel colors look really good to me (android 14 is going to introduce more colors outside of pastels though)
My short answer is no, matter of fact I'd like to see it being used even more. I really like Material You and I think it's one of the best design languages I've seen so far.
Before Material, I generally didn't mind UI languages that much, I just liked the #holoyolo lifestyle because it was dark. Material 1 came and I hopped on the praise DuARTe bandwagon until its end, but when I look back, I never actually liked it, nor did I dislike it. I always thought it was too square and a bit aggressive.
Material 2 is one that I disliked. It seemed like they just took away all the color and plastered whitespace everywhere just for the sake of making something different. There was no thought on form or function, it was just trendy minimalism (I love minimalism, but trendy minimalism is just that, taking away form and function just because less = more). That's also when I changed to Samsung devices and would barely see Material design anymore.
At first, I didn't believe in Material You. I liked what Google was trying to do, but all we had were design concepts that, as usual, never come to light. Then I started seeing it more and more and I understood. It seems like every piece of the puzzle fits together beautifuly, something that can join form and function without being a detriment to each other. The colors are subtle but there's enough contrast and shades to fit everywhere. The elements aren't square enough to seem like an outdated, old design, and also aren't too round to seem like it's trying too hard to be modern. The paddings are just right, and like another user here said, are very important to separate information and content. Obviously there are many flaws, but with a few tweaks, Material You could be a behemoth in design languages.
I'm a fan - also I think material you allows for good interpretation/flexibility in terms of branding so that not all apps look exactly the same cookie cutter style.
Android 11 was the last best Android version in terms of UI. I went back from Android 12 to 11
Came here to make this same comment. Android 11 was peak.
No, I love it.
I don't particularly like it or hate it; I see it as the perceivably necessary new thing that's introduced each year to keep people interested.
i always disliked material and material you. They look too coperate.
I love it
Same, I like how playful it can be
There will always be a need for a one-size-fits-all design, and I think it works well enough for that.
But yeah, I wish more apps took the extra step to specialize their layout to fit their own usage. Sometimes you are dealing with a lot of data and it helps to have different borders and less margins.
i don't completely hate it, but seeing the same same UI in every app doesn't feel good.
I thought it looked really weird before I got to use it, and I still think that, now that both the apps I use, and my OS, have received the updated to M-You. I think it uses the available space horribly, and the color schemes it attempts to provide never feel like what I want
When MY first comes out everyone around seems to be a huge fan of it. I thought I was the one who got ancient tastes.
I'm not a fan of the huge padding or the "rounded edges" of it, much better during the KitKat days, in my opinion.
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.
What changes do custom roms let you make?
True black background for OLED displays, AOSP Mods suite for 3 columns on quick settings, split WiFi/Data toggles, better scaling options for launchers, Lineage trebuchet launcher and derivatives, isolate apps like Google Calculator and Gboard off networking, theme engine tweaks for better generated colors and more.
Pretty much anything you can think about (even bringing back old QS or power menu). And if this isn't enough rooting enables you to make even bigger changes with apps such as Iconify or Substratum
What's the biggest difference between Material and Material You, other than the custom colorization?
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Wasn't a fan at the beginning, now I think it's great.
Absolutely like it. This design is very cool and has huge potential
I'm not really a fan, there's too much empty space. I really like the Android 10 look and feel, but I understand that was for smaller devices.
Well why don't you get some rest if you're so tired?
I hate that desaturate bluish background that is everywhere now. A lot of the apps look the same, and the removal of colours from notification icons just makes everything feel flat, soulless, and unsuitable for quick glances.