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> Here is just a small section of Gmail's settings form, which configures a vacation responder message. The form UI here is much more conventional, with bold, persistent labels and clearly outlined text inputs. So it seems that even Google doesn't find it appropriate to use their Material Design form fields for every situation.

Or, more likely, nobody touched this part of the UI since 2004.

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That's probably the case, but if so then that's a real harsh judgement of Material design: that accessibility has actually decreased since 2004.

> That's probably the case, but if so then that's a real harsh judgement of Material design: that accessibility has actually decreased since 2004.

We've banged it too deep into our heads that change is progress, especially with technology. Sometimes change is really regression, and that's more likely the more refined something gets.

Regressions are happening all the time now, and too many people foolishly defend them as progress.

The overuse of A-B testing is ruining a lot of practical well-thought design.

> that's a real harsh judgement of Material design: that accessibility has actually decreased since 2004.

I think that's rather the point...

True! Nowadays a lot of companies have people not working every day here in Europe, but for Google's it's 'Out Of Office' or not. No way to set specific days. I'd like to see Google adding a partial Out-Of-Office option.

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