Over the course of 2024, Google Maps for Android has been working on a redesign that drops most fullscreen UIs in favor of sheets...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17574522

Over the course of 2024, Google Maps for Android has been working on a redesign that drops most fullscreen UIs in favor of sheets…

  • unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    36·
    5 months ago

    It’s amazing to me how much these companies spend on redesigns that add nothing but rounded corners one year, then sharp corners next year, and so on…

    • triptrapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      112·
      5 months ago

      A friend of mine worked for a FAANG company and he taught me that people get promoted for creating something “new” rather than improving something that already exists.

      • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        13·
        5 months ago

        Bullshit. You are just regurgitating the same tired crap that’s been repeated on the Internet for years.

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          5 months ago

          As someone who’s worked for such companies since the mid-90’s, it’s common knowledge that run-and-maintain isn’t appreciated, only doing new things is.

          Someone who keeps things from failing is much more at risk during layoffs than those who work only on new projects.

          Gonna call me a liar now?

          • sunzu@kbin.run
            1·
            5 months ago

            You got get that W, you don’t get a W for making shit work. You are a cost center haha

          • evo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            11·
            5 months ago

            As someone who works for a similar company now, this notion and the success of this strategy/mindset greatly exaggerated.

            Considering how often new projects get axed at Google you couldn’t possibly be safer on average than working on a golden goose (like Search/Android/Maps/etc).

    • cass80@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      5 months ago

      It’s busy work to justify a lot of positions. Think how many people are needed even for a minor change like that in an organization as large and bloated as google

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        5 months ago

        MD sucks balls, I despise this crap. It makes a less obvious distinction between elements to look cool, or new or intriguing, or different, or whatever bullshit UI designers come up with.

        UI everywhere has been going backwards for 10-15 years now. Giant ovals with text for the Quick Settings buttons is an improvement? More swipes is better? Less contrast in a browser/app window is better?

        Oh yea, let’s remove color from status bar icons 🤦🏼‍♂️