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Since v1.6, Obtainium has switched to using Material 3 Expressive for its UI.

Personally, I don't like it as it uses up more space to show less information. The old UI (v1.5 and below) had everything visible and was easy to navigate.

But what do you think? Do you like it? What would you want improved or changed?

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[–] dadarobot@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

i like the new design. looks nicer

[–] Samsy@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, it's an open source tool, that I really enjoy. If they change some optical blobs, idc.

[–] akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

I don't hate the new aesthetics! I too preferred the previous design, but this is fine too.

With that said, to illustrate how grateful I am to ImranR98, I'll add this: I'd be using this app of his even if it looked like an old plain text document. 😁

[–] dodge_fiction109@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

Is it similar to ObtainX? I've been using that for the past few weeks as a replacement and have really liked it.

https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.bikram.obtainx

[–] noodNinja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

It needs to be fixed. I was literally looking at it last night thinking WTF the top 25% of my screen is being wasted. There's nothing in it. Also clicked the update/install button assuming it would save me needing to manually press update on every app. It wanted to install a bunch of deleted apps that are still in the list. Sure they could improve the visuals and feel but this isn't it.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Change for the sake of change. The new ui seems like a waste of time.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Source for that claim? My understanding is that the changes were for usability purposes.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thats an opinion, not a claim.

[–] garrick42@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's also just your opinion that the change was for the sake of it.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 month ago

Yes an opinion based on nothing but my feels.

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I prefer the new design personally. Might be imagining things, but I feel like it's been less buggy/felt easier to use too.

[–] shiftymccool@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

This is an app i use probably 2 minutes a month. The efficiency of the layout is so not important

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

the small progress bar makes no sense. either use a piechart next the name, or use the full width with a big progress bar under every app.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Looks more complete alongside the rest of my apps which mostly use the same theme.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

It seems easier to update multiple apps at once from the main screen, which makes it good enough for me.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org -1 points 1 month ago

I have never really understood it - no matter which version. I just guess and tap somewhere, and then usually I succeed after a while.