Android

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?

I didn't think I'd like it but I really do

I like the integration of adaptive icons for Android. I'm really keen on selecting a theme based on my current wallpaper and that color being used for all apps.

Not many apps are currently supporting it, even Facebook and other players you'd assume could do it in a seconds aren't.

Implementing it looks fairly straight forward, you provide a transparent image of your logo and it adaptive naturally to suit your theme. I assume apps are intentionally being difficult because that visually changes their logo / branding.

It's great when it works tho!

HOLO YOLO

I love it

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.

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.

Android 11 was the last best Android version in terms of UI. I went back from Android 12 to 11

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.

Not "tired" of it, but I'm looking forward to more colour options rather than just pastel colours that sorta work half the time. I hope I can customize it a bit more in the next release.

I hate it. Any wallpaper with a grain of red or yellow and everything becomes brown/beige and awful. I'm on Oneplus so i can't pick any colors, it's all automatic.

No, I love it.

I still want Material back.

I think it's trash but I admit most of the world now exists on mobile only. I also hate that fact but I accept it.

I'm pragmatic, as long as it's easy on the eyes and conducive to read (in the sense in which you "read" an image, can't think of a better word), I'm good. I have always tended to cram everything and the kitchen sink in one screen and the push for material you has taught me the importance of a clean composition.

For now I'm good, but I'm open to change.

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.

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.

My main issue is the lack of good contrast, it really hurts.

I kinda like it, it feels good to use and easy on the eyes. But at the same time it's too bland.

Wasn't a fan at the beginning, now I think it's great.

I'm okay with it, except for the sliders. I can't seem to differentiate 90%-100%

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.

Reading from an app that uses material you design

I like it. I wish it was a little more customizable though. How much larger you want your headlines to be, for example. But I guess that's up to app developers.

All in all a pretty nice and comfy looking design language I think.

i always disliked material and material you. They look too coperate.

I like it, I don't know

I hate it. I wish it and similar flat, ugly UIs weren't everywhere. I get that some people like them, but I wish I could have all my devices' UIs look they way I want them to. Give me skeumorphic, glassy UIs any day.

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.

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?