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Switch OS Walkthrough [video]
- camdenlock 10y agoThis isn't so much a "walkthrough" as it is a terribly-shot video of someone bumbling through some of the Switch OS screens, but! Nonetheless, the UI looks snappy and pleasant, and I wonder if this device could ever be a workable replacement for an iPhone. Probably not, given its size, but... I can't help but think that a Nintendo mobile that can serve as a general communications device and app platform would be pretty rad.
- idle_zealot 10y agoI imagine it won't be friendly to would-be third party application developers.
- chongli 10y agoGood. Compare the average quality of third party releases on something like the 3DS with the iOS app store. For once I would like to see a walled garden behave like a garden rather than a jungle with walls around it.
- erikj 10y agoNintendo is not going to make a general-purpose mobile device, it would contradict the company's core philosophy.
- DaveSapien 10y agoDoes Anyone know if the retail units can be used for (indie) development at this point?
- crooked-v 10y agoI'm wondering this too. Depending on the unit's battery life under a light load, it could be awfully interesting to try and put together general-purpose consumer apps for it for use as an "iPad alternative" - ebook reader, video podcast downloader, etc.
- H4CK3RM4N 10y agoThe press line was 2-6 hours, depending on load.
- pjmlp 10y agoBeing Nintendo I doubt it.
- crooked-v 10y agoI'll reserve real judgment until I can see one in person, but it's nice to at least see indications that the UI won't be slow as molasses like it is on the 3DS.
- v-yadli 10y agoI really love how the system sounds create a musical sense of progression (ascending clips with varying patterns), that you are getting closer and closer to setting things up successfully. It turns the OS itself into something that feels like a Nintendo title (really!).
- Inconel 10y agoThe system sounds are indeed very pleasing somehow. A number of the UI elements, namely the system settings pane, the detecting network popup, and the keyboard, have a very Android like look to my eyes. Is there much known about the underlying OS for the Switch?
- joshschreuder 10y agoFully custom OS apparently: http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/20/13346004/nintendo-took-the-guts-from-the-nvidia-shield-for-its-new-console http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/20/13346004/nintendo-took-th... Though I believe the Shield uses a form of Android, and the Switch uses a lot of Shield components so it's plausible that the Switch OS is similar to Android
- asadlionpk 10y agoCame here to say this! It's a very small but nice touch to the OS.
- poppingtonic 10y agoIt makes me think "It's happening!". It's designed to make the player more excited to finish the next step of setup. This is a very interesting reward mechanism.
- pilif 10y agoThey have done very pleasing and playful UI in the past. I remember back when I moved my virtual console data from a Wii go a WiiU. Or when I moved from a 3DS to a New 3DS. While the process took way too long and was very annoying in general, I loved the animation showing Pikmin moving blocks of data between the machines. As a technical person, I would have loved a progress bar and a data rate display even more, but a cute animation like this is text second best option I guess.
- sho_hn 10y agoWonder what UI toolkit this uses.
- pussinboots 10y agoso this confirms the lack of a browser will be interesting to see how well they manage to lock down the rest of the system
- joshschreuder 10y agoNintendo already confirmed the lack of browser a couple of weeks ago: http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/7/14544724/nintendo-switch-web-browser-fire-emblem-heroes-revenue http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/7/14544724/nintendo-switch-we...
- Fej 10y agoI wonder if they've switched to preemptive multitasking. (No pun intended, although as I've found in conversations with friends, that one's going to pop up a lot.)