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We reached peak Tablet usability somewhere around 4.3/4.4. At this point Android actually seemed to use some of that landscape screen space to do things like ha
by AdmiralAsshat 11y ago
We reached peak Tablet usability somewhere around 4.3/4.4. At this point Android actually seemed to use some of that landscape screen space to do things like have the quick-settings menu drop down on the right-hand side of the screen, and have the notifications bar drop down from the left-hand side.
Then Google decided to merge the two, and since then it's been back to the "tablet is giant phone" interface.
Ars Technica has done several articles on Google's failure to follow its own design examples when reviewing tablets:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/11/the-nexus-10-lollipop-and-the-problem-with-big-android-tablets/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/11/the-nexus-10-lollipop...