I actually love MD, I hate how people focus more on the click-animation of the button (the "pulse" animation originating from where someone clicks/taps) and less about the rest of the guidelines.

Proper z-indexing, proper drop shadows, proper typography, proper colors, etc.

People typically use "flat colors" with "Material-esque animations" and call it Material Design...

For example, where does the blue come from? http://i.imgur.com/ZvzuEtf.png

https://material.google.com/style/color.html#color-color-pal...

Also, this selected dropdown menu item O_o https://i.sli.mg/fWROjW.png

Actually, the font is "Roboto" from Google Material Design guidelines, so I think we've got it right. As for the speed of animations - we'll surely look into it. Thanks for the feedback!