I build web apps as a job and the impression I get is that everyone wants Material, “because” - but I don’t know if anyone wants it other than “because” it’s the buzzword of the day.
And it always sucks because the clients always say, “Follow Material guidelines BUT make this smaller, make this less round, use this font we paid for, make the buttons different, and also customize all these components”.
The guidelines are a culmination of well-researched UX basics in practice. They’re meant to be stylistically customizable to any brand, or user preference. It’s just the best starting point in software design at the moment.
I really don’t understand the Material allure.
I build web apps as a job and the impression I get is that everyone wants Material, “because” - but I don’t know if anyone wants it other than “because” it’s the buzzword of the day.
And it always sucks because the clients always say, “Follow Material guidelines BUT make this smaller, make this less round, use this font we paid for, make the buttons different, and also customize all these components”.
It’s dumb.
The guidelines are a culmination of well-researched UX basics in practice. They’re meant to be stylistically customizable to any brand, or user preference. It’s just the best starting point in software design at the moment.
I love Material You because I have an extensive wallpaper collection that Muzei has to select from and I enjoy seeing the palette change.
It’s just a design system from Google: https://m3.material.io/