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The hell. Why use the design language of another platform?
Simplicity. If you can compile the same code into two different platforms, you have less to deal with in the future. Else you’re going to run into bugs in one set of code but not the other.
You’re still going to run into platform specific bugs, though.
I feel like you should be able to have some sort of shared library between the two platforms where you can have backend facing code and maintain that as a single truth, then develop the apps for different platforms independently. But sure, it's a matter of resources obviously.
The clients for both systems are developed entirely separately.
Laziness. You can use the same code base for both platforms if you want and then simply swap out the UI or skin quite trivially. But they lazy as fuck.
Glad I dumped their asses for Signal when I found out Grok was coming to Telegram as a chat bot. I said hell naw.
Wait what? Is it? ☹️
Yep. I noped out. Exported all my data using the Desktop application and deleted my many years old account.
their ui was perfect. why can't we have nice things..
haven't used telegram in ages, but it's kinda depressing that it's still neck and shoulder above anything else UX-wise. can't someone rip them off, really don't see any meaningful consequences to that end. it's not like they invented any of the UI glitz...
I want that dude's furry UI mock-up posted the other day. That was actually cool looking.
As someone who likes blur design and liquid glass. Its cool.
I checked and my client has this UI. But, the blur is so opaque I did not notice the blur even though I have been on the redesign for a while.
Had to check and I was migrated as well. Honestly, I didn't even notice it because the bottom icon bar is standard in many Android apps since many years (even Google+ had it). The collapsible sidebar is a relic of ancient times. I don't think making the icon car pill shaped is necessarily the same as liquid glass. The iPad I have to use for work has a much more obnoxious UI.
The collapsible sidebar is a relic of ancient times. I don't think making the icon car pill shaped is necessarily the same as liquid glass.
Its not liquid glass but is similar and inspired by Apple's design language.
They should've made the layout sleek so it felt more modern.
Personally, they should've went all in or used android's Material Expressive themes. Telegram's current design is not that good.
Reminder: telegram is a r*ssian honeypot that is made with fsb money.
You're allowed to say "Russian" here. You are also correct. Perhaps not in the strict sense of it being a honeypot, but it is under Russian control.
Source?
Source?
"Trust me bro"
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2026
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