Aesthetics over Usability – Google's New App Icons (blog.moeminmamdouh.com) 3 points by moeminm 5y ago ↗ HN
[–] calrain 5y ago ↗ Boy are they a disaster.So much visual processing required to even guess at what they are trying to show.The funny thing is they had to put a '31' in the middle of box as a last ditch effort to help you work out it's not a document icon.Google needs to have more brave voices internally that clearly would have raised objections and concerns about this design.Why did they let them get released, are there some odd politics going on internally there? [–] moeminm 5y ago ↗ That's what I think tbh, there's no way a designer signed off on this, has to be some sort of internal politics.
[–] moeminm 5y ago ↗ That's what I think tbh, there's no way a designer signed off on this, has to be some sort of internal politics.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 17.0 ms ] threadSo much visual processing required to even guess at what they are trying to show.
The funny thing is they had to put a '31' in the middle of box as a last ditch effort to help you work out it's not a document icon.
Google needs to have more brave voices internally that clearly would have raised objections and concerns about this design.
Why did they let them get released, are there some odd politics going on internally there?