[briandear]

Then explain Material Design? When I have to hunt around and try to figure out what an icon actually means, that isn’t demonstrating an understanding of UX. Google UX is “great” if you already know how to use it. Apple UX by comparison is friendly even to complete rookies. The only Google UX I actually like is their search page.

[farhang]

The latest UI changes(all the rounded corners and soft shadows, for example) in Chrome and elsewhere seem to show that they're even moving away from Material Design too,after years of hyping it