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It's design. It'll change even when it doesn't need to, almost by definition.

phasmantistes 11y ago
Wow, that's an uncharitable opinion of design and designers. They're highly-trained professionals too, and redesigns like this aren't done just for the heck of it -- according to the blog post, this measurably increases performance on small screens and in low-bandwidth contexts.
- ocdtrekkie 11y ago
  Being able to do everything with SVGs is admittedly nice. But if Google was worried about performance on small screens and in low-bandwidth contexts, we wouldn't have Material design, as it's animations have quite a bloated effect on performance. Particularly on devices with low power/low processing. Page loads on desktops for some Google sites are up to ten seconds now. But yes, most redesigns are done just for the heck of it. I have a pretty uncharitable opinion of design and designers too, if only because very few Silicon Valley designers seem to have any idea how the users experience (and hate) their work. (I remember back when I heard about Google doing heavy testing with normal users before making changes, and it's very clear that that stopped when Duarte stepped in.)
  - magicalist 11y ago
    > But if Google was worried about performance on small screens and in low-bandwidth contexts, we wouldn't have Material design, as it's animations have quite a bloated effect on performance. Particularly on devices with low power/low processing. Page loads on desktops for some Google sites are up to ten seconds now. Poorly performing animations do not work that way.
  - bduerst 11y ago
    There's Material Design Light, which seems to work pretty well for low-performing browsers: http://www.getmdl.io/index.html http://www.getmdl.io/index.html
    - kuschku 11y ago
      Doesn’t help with Google Maps, or Inbox, which take ages (literally, sometimes half a minute) to load and still lagg forever.
bluthru 11y ago
You're about as far from a definition for design as one could be.

Wow, that's an uncharitable opinion of design and designers. They're highly-trained professionals too, and redesigns like this aren't done just for the heck of it -- according to the blog post, this measurably increases performance on small screens and in low-bandwidth contexts.

ocdtrekkie 11y ago
Being able to do everything with SVGs is admittedly nice. But if Google was worried about performance on small screens and in low-bandwidth contexts, we wouldn't have Material design, as it's animations have quite a bloated effect on performance. Particularly on devices with low power/low processing. Page loads on desktops for some Google sites are up to ten seconds now. But yes, most redesigns are done just for the heck of it. I have a pretty uncharitable opinion of design and designers too, if only because very few Silicon Valley designers seem to have any idea how the users experience (and hate) their work. (I remember back when I heard about Google doing heavy testing with normal users before making changes, and it's very clear that that stopped when Duarte stepped in.)
- magicalist 11y ago
  > But if Google was worried about performance on small screens and in low-bandwidth contexts, we wouldn't have Material design, as it's animations have quite a bloated effect on performance. Particularly on devices with low power/low processing. Page loads on desktops for some Google sites are up to ten seconds now. Poorly performing animations do not work that way.
- bduerst 11y ago
  There's Material Design Light, which seems to work pretty well for low-performing browsers: http://www.getmdl.io/index.html http://www.getmdl.io/index.html
  - kuschku 11y ago
    Doesn’t help with Google Maps, or Inbox, which take ages (literally, sometimes half a minute) to load and still lagg forever.

bluthru 11y ago

You're about as far from a definition for design as one could be.