Android

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Really? Eww, what a pity. But not surprising.

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What this new design potentially sacrifices in contrast and immediate readability, it arguably gains in aesthetics.

Man, fuck that shit. Form follows function, but instead they are doing what Apple and Windows 10/11 have done: make it ✨pretty✨ instead of fucking readable and actually usable.

Fuck background blur in particular. I want stark contrasts so shit is easy to read under any conditions.

I'm too old for this shit.

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[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Man, fuck that shit. Form follows function, but instead they are doing what Apple and Windows 10/11 have done: make it ✨pretty✨ instead of fucking readable and actually usable.

I'm still pissed that in Windows 10 they removed the border around the title bar so I constantly click on the wrong 'X' when trying to close a window because they all fucking blend together with the windows open behind them. I've been forced to use Windows 11 at work and it fucking sucks with so much padding and wasted space around icons and whatnot.

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

The lack of blur, shadows, and color on Android are what keep me angrily on iOS despite how locked down it is. I see what you’re saying about contrast being easier on the eyes, but why can’t that just be an option on Android like it is on iOS? You can reduce blur and increase contrast in accessibility settings in iOS.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Android is unlikely to look like iOS now or in the future. The UI of Android just doesn't focus on it.

Android is generally pretty aesthetically pleasing assuming you aren't looking for an Apple clone

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

It’s absolutely possible to have full transparency and blur everywhere without being a copy. Android has a bunch of advantages that it can leverage over iOS. Multi window blur would be essential to express the depth and just plain look better than the current implementation.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

That would drive me crazy honestly. I don't see blur happening any time soon. Is blur really the deal breaker?

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago*

Yeah. I left windows at windows 8 because of it. At the same time, I left Android because I could no longer build a custom ROM with blur on a Samsung phone (it was around the time Samsung started locking USA bootloaders). The plain, flat, zero layer context drove me away pretty hard. Also, Android just looks super outdated, like as if it came out in the windows ME era and never got more than a color overhaul.