Why UI INCONSISTENCY EVERYWHERE ? – MATERIAL YOU MISMATCH + BROKEN LIGHT/DARK MODE IN NOTHING OS

anjanyadavby

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I’ve been exploring NOTHING OS 3.2 in detail, and one thing that really stands out is the UI INCONSISTENCY across the system — both in terms of MATERIAL YOU COLOR INTEGRATION and DARK/LIGHT MODE IMPLEMENTATION.

On the HOME PAGE, the GOOGLE SEARCH BAR uses GOOGLE’S MATERIAL YOU COLOR PALETTE, which dynamically adapts to the wallpaper and accent color.

But in contrast, the APP DRAWER and NOTHING’S OWN ICONS (including the APP DRAWER ICON and NOTHING SEARCH BAR) follow NOTHING’S CUSTOM DESIGN LANGUAGE.

Because of this, both areas look VISUALLY DISCONNECTED — the colors and tones just don’t blend naturally. It creates a MISMATCH between GOOGLE’S MATERIAL YOU and NOTHING’S OWN UI ELEMENTS.

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DARK/LIGHT MODE INCONSISTENCIES

The inconsistency doesn’t stop there. Even in NOTHING’S OWN APPS, there’s a noticeable issue with LIGHT AND DARK MODE ADAPTATION.

For example:

The RECORDER APP currently doesn’t switch properly between LIGHT AND DARK MODES (though this might be fixed in NOTHING OS 4).

Similarly, the GALLERY APP’S MENU PANELS stay dark even when the system is in LIGHT MODE.

And these are just a few examples — there are MANY SUCH SMALL INCONSISTENCIES across the UI that affect the overall experience.

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MY SUGGESTION / SOLUTION

NOTHING should focus on OPTIMIZING ITS UI DESIGN FRAMEWORK for complete consistency.

There are two possible approaches:

1. UNIFY THE SYSTEM COLORS AND COMPONENTS so that all apps — both GOOGLE-INTEGRATED and NOTHING’S OWN — follow one cohesive color and theme logic.

2. Or, MOVE AWAY FROM MATERIAL YOU ENTIRELY and make NOTHING OS FULLY INDEPENDENT in terms of color palette and theme design, matching its UNIQUE IDENTITY.

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FINAL NOTE

NOTHING OS already looks and feels UNIQUE, but fixing these VISUAL MISMATCHES will make it look TRULY POLISHED AND PROFESSIONAL.

Small UI REFINEMENTS can go a long way in improving the overall experience for users.

📸 ATTACHED BELOW ARE SEVERAL SCREENSHOTS showing these inconsistencies clearly — including examples from both MATERIAL YOU MISMATCHES and DARK/LIGHT MODE ISSUES in NOTHING’S OWN APPS

JochieSantiago

anjanyadavby wait until You see Beta 4 “true dark” mode 😂

Bubi

anjanyadavby I find your use of caps and lowercase inconsistent. Could you please explain the criteria you use to choose whether to use CAPITAL letters or lowercase?

yashsalunkhe

Finally someone talked about it..

They use google apps for system apps such as phone dialer, contacts and clock etc. Nos Ui doesn’t adopt to the ui and Material you colors of those system apps looks very inconsistent. When you click on internet tile in QS Wifi and data expanded tile pops up from no where no animation to it. They gave status bar icons to show but no option for alarm icon like every other android skin have it. There’s no non-nothing bluetooth devices images in bluetooth expanded Qs tiles for eg. my headphones image doesn’t shows up but cmf buds does. I hope they look into this

xxx_xxx

long pressing app menu are inconsistent as well

CMF1_hacker

Do people use light mode these days? I haven’t seen a phone/computer with that on in a very long time. I say remove it, if the inconsistency is a problem.

CMF1_hacker

Bubi I usually don’t read when the OP cannot put the effort into a quality PoSt.

Anonymous931

Some people seriously have too much time in their lives to bother with how “inconsistent” some apps are. I’d wish that too.

Josep_Иixtone🇰🇪

Nothing has just lost it.

My screen recorder only records at a max of like 576p and the option to change it doesn’t seem to exist. Removed from last update, with inconsistent volume bugs and nobody seems to care including the not so useful nothing support. My next buy will just be a samsung or a oneplus.