Since v1.6, Obtainium has switched to using Material 3 Expressive for its UI.

Personally, I don't like it as it uses up more space to show less information. The old UI (v1.5 and below) had everything visible and was easy to navigate.

But what do you think? Do you like it? What would you want improved or changed?

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[–] 11 points 3 months ago

Oh, it's an open source tool, that I really enjoy. If they change some optical blobs, idc.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    i like the new design. looks nicer

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Is it similar to ObtainX? I've been using that for the past few weeks as a replacement and have really liked it.

    https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.bikram.obtainx

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Interesting

    Build Verification* — cryptographic checks (F-Droid/Izzy reproducible builds and GitHub Release Attestations) flag manipulated binaries before install. ObtainX's own updates carry GitHub attestations too

    Although some of the options, as a guess, seem to use AI (?).

    Seems like a win though if thw dev can be trusted.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Somewhat but also not. I tried ObtainX when obtainium was still using the old UI and I got along fine on obtainx. Obtainx does use more of the expressive material design language but it makes sense to me

    But somehow when obtainium changed to this new UI I just can't get my head around it. So weird.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    This is an app i use probably 2 minutes a month. The efficiency of the layout is so not important

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Looks more complete alongside the rest of my apps which mostly use the same theme.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I don't hate the new aesthetics! I too preferred the previous design, but this is fine too.

    With that said, to illustrate how grateful I am to ImranR98, I'll add this: I'd be using this app of his even if it looked like an old plain text document. 😁

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    It needs to be fixed. I was literally looking at it last night thinking WTF the top 25% of my screen is being wasted. There's nothing in it. Also clicked the update/install button assuming it would save me needing to manually press update on every app. It wanted to install a bunch of deleted apps that are still in the list. Sure they could improve the visuals and feel but this isn't it.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    Change for the sake of change. The new ui seems like a waste of time.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    Source for that claim? My understanding is that the changes were for usability purposes.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    Thats an opinion, not a claim.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I prefer the new design personally. Might be imagining things, but I feel like it's been less buggy/felt easier to use too.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    It seems easier to update multiple apps at once from the main screen, which makes it good enough for me.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    the small progress bar makes no sense. either use a piechart next the name, or use the full width with a big progress bar under every app.

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