Google UI/UX Criticism

This cluster consists of comments criticizing Google's user interface and user experience design, often describing it as ugly, inconsistent, and prioritizing engineering over aesthetics across various products.

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Sample Comments

charliesome Jul 3, 2012 View on HN

You must be the only person still amazed by shitty Google UX

afandian Mar 25, 2020 View on HN

It's great design if you're trying to push Google products.

willsmith72 Dec 4, 2023 View on HN

that ui sure is ugly. google really is an engineering company, and i love that, but it's still kind of jarring

IBM Jan 24, 2014 View on HN

Looks like its not just design that Google needs to get better at.

stcredzero Sep 2, 2008 View on HN

The popular notion is that Google doesn't know how to do UIs. Guess that's not exactly right.

Codhisattva Jul 2, 2012 View on HN

It's unusual for Google to compete solely on UI/UX but there it is.

blueskin_ Jan 24, 2014 View on HN

Google are crap at UI design.It's all Metro, and then they do things like this.

yucky Jan 21, 2023 View on HN

Google has UI designers? Where have they been hiding all these years?

bruceboughton Nov 17, 2010 View on HN

Is this the first Google property not to have their characteristic design?

bruceboughton Jan 24, 2014 View on HN

That Google think this is an appropriate UI for this feature tells you everything you need to know about the state of design there.