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I think there is some truth to the concept of material design, but so far in practice I've seen a wide variety of implementations that vary from "subtle yet ple

I think there is some truth to the concept of material design, but so far in practice I've seen a wide variety of implementations that vary from "subtle yet pleasant" to "what the fuck were they thinking" and "why is this happening?". I think the implementation is a lot harder than people realize. It's not Bootstrap, you can't just apply it to your site and be done. You have to think about the interaction design in context with the actions in your application. Google Inbox seems to be the best example of good material design components, however, I've yet to see another app/site that uses these principles well. The "material design" frameworks I've seen on github thus far (even the Google Angular one) are sorely lacking.

SwellJoe 12y ago
Agreed. The frameworks provide a veneer, without the behaviors that are actually the important part of the UI/UX. I'm still reading about it, and our UI is so far behind the curve that anytime I bring elements forward to new paradigms it is a positive gain. Switching to all Material Design would be a vast improvement...but so would switching to all Bootstrap (plus some new interaction guidelines), which is what I'm mostly working on lately. I'll probably experiment with Material Design, as well, but I don't have confidence I could do it well without a lot more research.