All I see is more CPU/GPU power being given to irrelevant things that does nothing but make older devices run slower from the excess overhead.
For most, except those with the newest devices, this will be a downgrade unless they change settings to reduce the use of animations. Not sure if there will be an option to disable the blur but I hope so.
why would they need to do things that actually matter like privacy and security lol
they got foss chads doing the hard work on that so they can circle jerk rounded edges and square
I don’t think the UI designers are the people who usually with on security features
That was my first thought too. I thought the whole reason Android moved away from animation bloat was to improve performance, but everyone seems to be heading back in the opposite direction now. Samsung’s OneUI 7 also added tons of animations that have no functional benefit.
Honestly I think it’s hideous. Wish they would take this one back to the drawing board. I prefer the sleek and minimalist push they used to have, but now it feels like they’re going back in a maximalist direction.
My phone’s OS doesn’t need to be a theatrical experience with every press or swipe, it just needs to get me from point A to point B as quickly and simply as possible.
I might be wrong, but the Material 3 UI feels a lot closer to iOS.
I agree with you, I’d rather have a crazy snappy phone instead of nice animations and effects, but we are in the minority. This doesn’t sell.
Just look at any website. UI graphics are king, and usability is at the lowest it can be.
I guess I’ve always been the person who likes UI change, I find it exciting to see that kind of thing. I know a ton of people will hate this, but I personally like it. The Android 12 quick settings menu looked awful to me, white straight next to black. Blur is overdue.
as long as I can cover it all with the kiss launcher
Way faster than searching around for icons for me, plus it auto sorts them depending on usage at times. For example in the morning Waze is there and then a bit later my work time clock shows up and Lemmy is always a press away. Plus you can add tags to things so I use voyager for Lemmy but I tagged it Lemmy so I can search for either. I use my desktop the same way I hit the super key and start typing and my applications are there so its nice to transfer that muscle memory over to my phone
Yeah, i installed it before commenting.
I do like that i can set favorites and it also keeps history—that’s handy.
I just can’t ever remember the names of apps i don’t use often. lol
It seems good so far, though very different from Fossify Launcher. But I’ll keep playing with it for now, certainly!
I might try the tags…
Is this not just IOS??!??!!
