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The issue is this reaction never sticks. Everyone's up in arms, but would you really want to go back to Android KitKat or iOS 2? Probably not for more than novelty, right?

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I would really want to go back to something like the look of iOS 1-6, with clearly discernible UI controls vs. content and labels. Not the real-world-mimicry skeuomorphism, but the look of the standard UI controls.

Web ruined everything. Got everybody thinking that flag rectangles were cool and consistent ui frameworks were old fashioned.

Yes, of course I would. Android UI has been horrible ever since 12.

I can live another decade without an app what groups three options (one of it is "About") under a hamburger menu on a completely blank screen.

If it was usable with the apps I need today, I would switch back to Android 4.4.2 or iOS 6.1.3 in a heartbeat. Not sure how long I would stay before the rose tint in my glasses returns to normal, but I would certainly love to try.

Seems fine to me.

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/android-4.0-hig...

The interface of Kitkat and the UI design is fine! It looks like what Apple is moving to.

Of course I want accessibility, security and technical improvements.

yes, who cares, let me launch apps and put widgets on the screen, what else?

I like a lot of the new features, but the visual (mis)communication language is terrible.

While I like new notification management or control buttons on top of the drawer, I really wouldn't have problem using them in Holo design.

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