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How do you propose they do that without forcing every single app to be redesigned to work on a round screen rather than rectangular?
by dchuk 10y ago
How do you propose they do that without forcing every single app to be redesigned to work on a round screen rather than rectangular?
- EpicEng 10y agoThat's not the consumer's problem. Perhaps the parent is a total minority, I don't know, but a round face is more appealing to me as well. That said, I prefer 'real' watches, so I'm not buying one either way.
- alangpierce 10y agoOn Android smartwatches, you're expected to develop for both square and round screens: https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/ui/layouts.html https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/ui/layouts.... It would certainly be additional work for developers, but there's precedent for it.
- ramses0 10y agoPebble Time Round exists, and has the exact same problem. Such a huge design fork it's really like writing and supporting two different apps. One with a 90% market share (square screen) and one with 10% market share (round) and which requires so much more work and thought to utilize it effectively.
- maxharris 10y agoThat doesn't matter to me. If they don't do this by the time I think I need a smartwatch, I'll just buy one from a company other than Apple.