Material Design Principles Are Correct. Implementing Them Will Break You.

Long read. Written from nine years of implementation experience, not the spec. Preface I believe Material Design is correct. Not partially correct -- correct in its core philosophy about how interfaces should behave under load, under interaction, under uncertainty. I follow new versions closely. I implement what I can, whenever I can. I use a Pixel phone specifically because the software is built on these principles, and without that, I would genuinely prefer not using a smartphone at all. That