Android 12's design is offensive to the user

Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by soared on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:59AM (#28988566)

Title needs a changin. Almost all of these are just personal preferences on very minor ui elements. The author maybe has a valid point about (maybe?) losing customizations options, but loses the forest for the trees.

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Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by qwerty1234599 on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:00PM (#28989338)

Yes. To me the original Reddit poster seems like a kid with way too much free time on their hands.

Operating systems should just be tools, using your brainpower to squint at accent colors or similar is just pure waste. Kinda like you don't give two shits about the asphalt color of the highway while driving.

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Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by krono on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:12PM (#28991179)

The post is about much more than just the customisation options. He also highlights the reduced information density and the negatively impacted effort to effect ratio of the new controls and their layout.

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Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by AnimalMuppet on Monday October 25, 2021 @12:10PM (#28989483)

OK, but changing stuff for no reason also wastes user brainpower.

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Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by behnamoh on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:13AM (#28988715)

>> Almost all of these are just personal preferences on very minor ui elements

That's also just your personal opinion.

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Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by tinus_hn on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:21AM (#28988814)

That is the common thread to clickbait armchair ui designer articles like this.

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Re:Android 12's design is offensive to the user by nyxaiur on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:44AM (#28989117)

the minor is a bit of a bold statement in a complete design language overhaul.

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