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0 pointszahrc3y ago0 comments

Call me old, but I don’t like it all. This seems over the top

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I also think it's over the top and I'm a year or two shy of being a zoomer. Although, I guess being a millennial is considered old by many now.

I just wish developers would make mobile UIs consistent with the OS. The Apollo Reddit client and, surprisingly, the official GitHub app are the only third-party apps that I have that feel/look like "native" iOS apps.

When it's not over-the-top animations, giant UI elements, tutorial modals, or fullscreen pop-ups, it's small details like the (IMO ugly) custom font and the sharp-cornered buttons in the Dropbox app. At least for that particular app, I can just use the built-in Files app, but no such luck for other apps.

saagarjha3y ago

UI is more than how things look, it’s also about how they work. Both of those apps do bad things in the pursuit of trying to be consistent with OS UI they don’t understand.

girvo3y ago

Okay Boomer… yeah we’re old now I’m afraid!

Tasteful uses of libraries like this can add a fair bit of “fun” and friendliness to an app, and younger generations do dig them from my user testing at least. Depends on the app and use case I think.

namuol3y ago

Hello, fellow old! I don’t like it, but only because it’s hard to employ tastefully. That doesn’t mean it’s all bad, though.

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