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Google recently let go ALL -- EVERY SINGLE -- L3/L4/L5 UX Researcher

https://www.thevoiceofuser.com/google-clouds-cuts-and-the-bi...

Could it be argued that perhaps UX Research was not working at all? Or that their recommendations were not being incorporated? Or that things will get even worse now without them?

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> Some teams in the Google Cloud org just laid off all UX researchers below L6

That’s not all UX researchers below L6 in the entire company. It doesn’t even sound like it’s all UX researchers below L6 in Google Cloud.

Maybe Apple should follow suit.. I jest, but I’m still processing the liquid glass debacle.

At least it's uniform. Unlike Material 3 expressive which might look different depending on the app, or not be implemented at all, or only half implemented in some of Google's own apps even, much like with every other Android redesign.

I get Google can't force it on all the OEMs with their custom skins, but they can at least control their own PixelOS and their own apps.

It’s not uniform at all. Some parts of the interface and of their apps get it, others don’t. Some parts look more glassy, some more frosty. It’s all over the place in terms of consistency. It’s also quite different between Apple’s various OSs, although allegedly the purpose was to unify their look.

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