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Unfortunately this effort will barely matter since most pages re-style form controls, ignoring one of the foundations of good UX (familiarity). We are in 2020 a
by hcarvalhoalves 7y ago
Unfortunately this effort will barely matter since most pages re-style form controls, ignoring one of the foundations of good UX (familiarity). We are in 2020 and web forms are still a mess. We can hope better / more familiar default form controls will decrease this demand for customization a bit.
- est31 7y agoThey are restyling because it doesn't look "great", so Google follows the trends to make restyling unnecessary.
- millstone 7y agoIt was never necessary. They restyle because it's easy and fun, and it gives the site greater brand coherence in static screenshots. And they'll continue to do it after this redesign.