Can someone explain why a create button is given this privileged and inconsistent position instead of being in a menubar like every other button in every app ever?
as you can see, "new" is in the same place its always been. No FAB.
EDIT: in retrospect, you might be talking about the docs site. (docs.google.com rather then drive.google.com) I spose the only thing I have to say about that is that no design guidelines are a magic bullet, and that I have no idea why they even have that separate docs site.
That's the one! Google's products are so confusing sometimes.
Put the tool up in the toolbar and stop blocking my content. The cynic in me assumes it's there because they like circles.
Though I agree the whole thing is inconsistent.
here's a gif of me mousing over the FAB in my inbox: http://imgur.com/LuEZ57c
the yellow button at the very bottom is invite. Its hardly obnoxious, I can just continue to click and I don't have to think about it at all most of the time. (the top three are my three most frequent contacts)