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I wonder if they will Optimize the grey Google logo color against that red header. Hurts my eyes.

• zeta0134 10y ago
  I especially like the word "beta" which is the same color as the background. I tried to select the logo after you pointed it out and stumbled on that. Seems like the background color changed after they picked font colors and they forgot to adjust.
  • et-al 10y ago
    It could be following Material design guidelines. The latest version of the iOS Gmail app (v5, released back in the Nov) now uses a red banner as well and it was so eye-bleedingly distracting I had to find a way to intercept my request to the AppStore to download the old version again. What's crazy too is that after the version bump, Google had to release 7 updates in succession to regain most of the functionality they lost (and probably to reset the mediocre App Store ratings). If anyone wants/needs to revert back to the old 4.x version of the Gmail app, lemme know and I can post up some resources.
    • ClassyJacket 10y ago
      Material design is a disaster for usability. Android became a bloated, spaced out mess, where you'd fit three menu items on a six inch screen. Information density on the desktop is a joke too. You can genuinely see more content on an old 3.5 inch iPhone screen than on a 5.2 inch Android screen. Open the Settings app, for example. Then there's the FAB buttons that go over the top of content, and right where your thumb wants to scroll.
      • et-al 10y ago
        Yeah, lack of content density was yet another reason why I reverted. Too much space was being spent on unnecessary elements like the ubiquitous circle avatars. icanreadthankyou.