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[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hope they also rethink some of the ux after this. Some of the decisions, like hiding search inside "latest" tab were not great.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely!! Who came up with that idea. It should be a top level button not placed in ANY tab. And "latest"? That sounds like "featured apps that you might like if you are not looking for something specific". Why would I go there if I "am looking for something specific".

Absolutely mindboggling design...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I just found this:

However, the official latest list design was done back in the day by professional designers

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient/-/issues/2957#note_2342689668

Man, that original three tab layout is exactly what I want.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Man, that original three tab layout is exactly what I want.

https://f-droid.org/packages/com.looker.droidify/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

i just switched off droidify because I learmed it uses an older method of updating your repos and doesnt support app archival. I'll probably go back when they support those though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nice, switched immediately

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah, this seems great.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Man I've been using Droidify for a long time πŸ˜…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

It is still better. And as far as I know, more secure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Droidify is still better than F-Droid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Oh, good to know. I just use it because it looks like it wasn't made in 2002 πŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This is a much needed update. While I like the functionality of F-Droid, the UI is unappealing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Agreed, this is great news!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

What's so different between 1.22 and 1.23 though? I just updated my client to 1.23 because of this post and I see very little difference.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

There is in-app changelog (URL link?), I am assuming this update is not related to the new design.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The heck is going on with the Material 3?
Borders are nearly invisible. We are evolving but backwards.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

UI designers hate usability anymore. Is it text? A link? A button? Who knows? Tap and find out you just subscribed to Satan-of-the-month club.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

TBF, I'd be happy to join the Satan Monthly Digest πŸ€˜πŸ‘Ή But give it some fβ€”ng contrast instead of all those wishy-washy pastels.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Once you invite designers into your software you can't get rid of them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I know! Don't get me started on the "adaptable" colour schemes that make any colour look beige... I was fine with the previous material design, TBH.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I was fine with the previous material design, TBH.

and to be fair, it looked way better than any implementation of material design 3 so far in any app

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

SMH, the screenshots shown in the blog post look exactly as my F-droid install (only light mode).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Nice update

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I usually use NeoStore, but I dont love it either so I guess I will give f-droid a try again.