The absolute worst is the idiotic "let's make all app icons the same shape" thing.
this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2024
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I don't love the difficulty of extremely fast individual identification but there is something to be said for the ease of extremely fast collective identification, it makes it very easy to see which group of apps each app belongs to, which is also valuable.
Except this is not "browsers" group or "email clients" group, this is "vertical monopoly" group.
I just stopped using most of them
I stopped a time ago. Interestingly, the thing I miss most is maps. That sheer amount of user data paves the path for a fine traffic estimation.
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Custom icon packs for the win!
I think the maps actually looks more distinctive because of the shape. The rest are worse to differentiate though.
I feel like it's easier to use the monochrome mode of the phone than these icons
Its one of those things u never think about as a person without disabilities, cuz i can tell the difference just fine, i guess they should have consulted someone with a vision impairment when considering stuff like this.
On top of that in Play store lots of times when I search for certain app it gives me like 10 more alternatives that all have slightly different logo but all use that same yellow-green-blue-red color palette that google has, so with all these copycats it's even harder to figure out whether app is from google or not
Color is the first thing the eyes tend to notice, then shape, then lines and details. The new icons all look the same at the edge of my vision, I have to look at them straight on to distinguish them. Individually each one is fine but together, like what the hell?
I don't rawdog Google icons anymore anyway, I use an icon pack