I don't get this trend to show navigation, menus, or important information in tiny overlays floating on top of the previous screen. I can see how it looks kinda cool in screenshots, but it's never functional to have all content crammed into a tiny container when I have a huge monitor in front of me.

And the trend is everywhere. Webapps, open source software, programs for macOS, for tablets, phones, regular websites.

Worse part is that apparently it doesn't bother anyone else!? It's driving me crazy.

@whynothugo what kind of UI components are you talking about? modal, popover? do you have a screenshot showing an example?