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I'm not a designer and would like professional designers to weigh in. With most Material Design apps/sites, doesn't the ultra bold colors distract away from the

I'm not a designer and would like professional designers to weigh in. With most Material Design apps/sites, doesn't the ultra bold colors distract away from the content? I thought content is suppose to be king not the UI.

mhomde 12y ago
Yes, I would agree. Material is clearly designed to brand apps as "Google apps" not necessarily provide the best UX possible. To be fair though there are some more subtle accents, like Gray and Blue Gray than can be used
clay_to_n 12y ago
I don't think this is a fault of Material Design, but a fault of some of the early apps implementing it. IMO the designs that catch my eye on this site are the ones with full-bleed photos and content taking precedence over UI. More dynamic. Sidenote, but I can't wait to play with Android's Palette API that lets you extract colors from an image to use in your interface: http://www.willowtreeapps.com/blog/palette-the-new-api-for-android/ http://www.willowtreeapps.com/blog/palette-the-new-api-for-a...
bluthru 12y ago
I agree. The amount of color used in most Material Design apps is overbearing and heavy-handed.
pcurve 12y ago
I design enterprise apps. I have to justify every single color used. If a color doesn't serve function, then I don't use it. In my opinion, Google hasn't had good track record with UI/UX and building usable products. Microsoft's take of Material design is superior. Case in point, their outlook.com.
- ewzimm 12y ago
  You bring up a good point. If people want to figure out how to do Material Design in a non-Google context, all they need to do is get a Windows Phone and see how it's implemented in apps there, both dark and light themes. Google's design language is mostly a variation on Microsoft's.
ocdtrekkie 12y ago
In Material Design, Google branding is king. Those nasty features detract from Google's brand image.

mhomde 12y ago

Yes, I would agree. Material is clearly designed to brand apps as "Google apps" not necessarily provide the best UX possible. To be fair though there are some more subtle accents, like Gray and Blue Gray than can be used

clay_to_n 12y ago

I don't think this is a fault of Material Design, but a fault of some of the early apps implementing it. IMO the designs that catch my eye on this site are the ones with full-bleed photos and content taking precedence over UI. More dynamic. Sidenote, but I can't wait to play with Android's Palette API that lets you extract colors from an image to use in your interface: http://www.willowtreeapps.com/blog/palette-the-new-api-for-android/ http://www.willowtreeapps.com/blog/palette-the-new-api-for-a...

bluthru 12y ago

I agree. The amount of color used in most Material Design apps is overbearing and heavy-handed.

pcurve 12y ago

I design enterprise apps. I have to justify every single color used. If a color doesn't serve function, then I don't use it. In my opinion, Google hasn't had good track record with UI/UX and building usable products. Microsoft's take of Material design is superior. Case in point, their outlook.com.

ewzimm 12y ago
You bring up a good point. If people want to figure out how to do Material Design in a non-Google context, all they need to do is get a Windows Phone and see how it's implemented in apps there, both dark and light themes. Google's design language is mostly a variation on Microsoft's.

ocdtrekkie 12y ago

In Material Design, Google branding is king. Those nasty features detract from Google's brand image.