Robert Triggs / Android Authority
Google and I have never seen an eye on the design. Since Material Design made his debut in 2014, I slowly fell in love with the default aesthetics of Android – like watching a friend once clear to develop an unhealthy obsession for novelty ties.
I may be alone in there, but the new expressive Google 3 equipment on almost everything that rubs me in the wrong direction.
What do you think of the expressive design of Google material 3 for Android?
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Something about the samples of colors with the retina, endless squirles and winding chaos, and the fanciful fonts already make me die a little each time I unlock my pixel. Maybe I’m just resistant to change in my old age, but now I was really hoping that we will channel smooth science fiction interfaces – thinks Tony Stark meets a minority relationship – not trapped in a dream of caricatural fever.
I spent hours trying to articulate what should lead Google’s UX team to such creative madness. In a moment of despair, I asked Chatgpt to invent a new word to capture the feeling – and he delivered:
Euclanoia (n.)
/juːˈklæ.nɔɪ.ə
Omnipresent paranoia of low grade triggered by the presence of Euclidean forms (for example, triangles, circles, squares). Often leads to the compulsive use of blobs, bevelled corners and ambiguous contours. Can degenerate spatial conspiracy theories (for example, “rectangles are monitoring tools”).
Symptoms include:
- Avoid graphic paper
- Panic when alignment of objects
- Unexplained hostility towards grids
Example:
“After two weeks in the architecture cabinet, his Euclanoia broke out – he replaced each window with irregular hexagons.”
Honestly, why does Google despise if the humble rectangle? Just so that you know, I am not entirely hostile to change; There are certainly things that I appreciate in expressive equipment. The more dynamic home screen and the fast parameter arrangements seem really useful, the smooth animations are visually clear, and what I have seen from the reworked arrangement of Google Photos is … very functional – functional, even.
On his credit, Google has become much better to make Android more customizable and friendly in recent years. I am sure that Material 3 expressive will feel even better to use than the current configuration. It’s just a shame that the applications and widgets with which we interact every day be wrapped in an excess inducing headaches.
Fortunately, the beauty of Android is the choice, and there is no shortage of third-party skins for those of us allergic to over-designed fantasy. However, I can’t help but hope that Google’s UX team is finally recovering from their collective Euclanoia episode.
