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    Material 3 Expressive

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    336 points meetpateltech | 16 comments | 13 May 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 1.598s | source | bottom
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    arp242 ◴[16 May 25 08:48 UTC] No.44003140[source]▶
    > Expressive design makes you feel something. It inspires emotion, communicates function, and helps users achieve their goals.

    I sometimes wonder if the people writing this sort of thing really believe what they're writing?

    Their case study is mostly just "make buttons that people use a lot stand out". Oh wow! Such emotion! Much feels!

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    1. rafaelmn ◴[16 May 25 08:58 UTC] No.44003200[source]▶
    Especially since it feels so bland and "corpo safe" - the only thing I have feelings about is selling this as expressive :D
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    2. andrepd ◴[16 May 25 09:01 UTC] No.44003225[source]▶
    No but look

    > We found a 32% increase in subculture perception, which indicates that expressive design makes a brand feel more relevant and “in-the-know.” We also saw a 34% boost in modernity, making a brand feel fresh and forward-thinking. On top of that, there was a 30% jump in rebelliousness, suggesting that expressive design positions a brand as bold, innovative, and willing to break from convention.

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    3. vermilingua ◴[16 May 25 09:25 UTC] No.44003355[source]▶
    I was positive that this was satire, but no that's genuinely right there in the post.
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    4. jeffhuys ◴[16 May 25 09:35 UTC] No.44003408[source]▶
    > willing to break from convention

    By following this new shiny convention!

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    5. owebmaster ◴[16 May 25 09:50 UTC] No.44003489{3}[source]▶
    Google became a trillion dollars satire
    6. mnmalst ◴[16 May 25 11:12 UTC] No.44003939[source]▶
    I am a little afraid to ask but what is a "jump in rebelliousness"?
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    7. junon ◴[16 May 25 11:40 UTC] No.44004167{3}[source]▶
    Rebelliousness appears to be one of the emotion metrics they used to score the designs.
    8. mouse_ ◴[16 May 25 12:00 UTC] No.44004354[source]▶
    This reeks of "Defiant Jazz"
    9. sksrbWgbfK ◴[16 May 25 13:13 UTC] No.44005097{3}[source]▶
    It's the new way hipsters use their fingers to push the buttons with their fingers. It's magical or something.
    10. noworriesnate ◴[16 May 25 13:23 UTC] No.44005206{3}[source]▶
    It means a trillion dollar company is affirming people’s dissatisfaction with the status quo for even more $$$.
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    11. krunck ◴[16 May 25 15:09 UTC] No.44006424{4}[source]▶
    While destroying the meaning of rebellion - which we could use a bit of right now.
    12. everybodyknows ◴[16 May 25 15:13 UTC] No.44006470[source]▶
    And they quantified each of those gains down to two full decimal places of precision!
    13. fngjdflmdflg ◴[16 May 25 16:36 UTC] No.44007393[source]▶
    It doesn't look bland to me at all. Most of the examples look like a failed Linux rice.
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    14. rafaelmn ◴[16 May 25 17:10 UTC] No.44007750[source]▶
    The colors scheme are like the definition of bland, theres zero punchy contrast, there's nothing popping. They show super smooth squiggly line as a "contrast" to a straight line in the play progress. Wow so brave, much courage

    Feels tame and bland - and I have no problem with, in fact I don't really want my phone OS GUI to be radical. But just don't sell me BS about how this is bold and how it induces emotional response :D

    15. GuinansEyebrows ◴[16 May 25 18:09 UTC] No.44008293{3}[source]▶
    That's disruption, baby!
    16. figassis ◴[16 May 25 22:30 UTC] No.44010340[source]▶
    So google has been tracking rebelliousness since when that today they have a 30% historical comparison?