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Someone needs to tell the Android Team that User Experience isn't a feature. It is fundamental design decisions early on that determine what the user experience

by amanuel 16y ago

Someone needs to tell the Android Team that User Experience isn't a feature. It is fundamental design decisions early on that determine what the user experience is. That's like arguing a poorly designed home will function better after a fresh coat of paint.

ars 16y ago
No, it's more like a gut and redo, while leaving the structural elements alone. And they say they are happy with the structural elements.
- amanuel 16y ago
  I say kudos if they can pull it off. Ignoring the possible meddling of the various device manufacturers, they have their work cut out for them. I want to be optimistic here; it is just I've never seen such re-engineering done before for any OS.
  - buster 16y ago
    UI redesign will most certainly take place on the homescreen, the launcher, the dialer, etc. In other words: in it's own seperate applications, this wouldn't conflict somewhere because it's done quite frequently. Android is themeable quite nicely, so even changing the standard dialogs from one style to another _should_ work. My own concern here is that some developers probably have written their own UI code and some custom hacks. But we'll see about that.
    - eelco 16y ago
      UI is about how things work first, about styling second. Themes are not going to help you with the former.
      - buster 16y ago
        Correct. And i don't think they want to change how things work. The mechanisms how to operate android are fine. Or do you have an example what fundamental functionality should change?
usaar333 16y ago
It matters how badly the current home design is though. A manual opening garage is bad, but can be fixed easily patched up. Honestly, the UI on Android is not fundamentally bad. I really only see patchwork to improve the weak parts: 1) More responsiveness/smoother scrolling (hardware/low-level software issues). 2) Better text selection, copy/paste (perhaps iPhone-like - or some other solution). 3) Improved default apps. (market, calendar, camera especially come to mind as being sub-par to the iPhone).

by amanuel 16y ago

ars 16y ago

No, it's more like a gut and redo, while leaving the structural elements alone. And they say they are happy with the structural elements.

amanuel 16y ago
I say kudos if they can pull it off. Ignoring the possible meddling of the various device manufacturers, they have their work cut out for them. I want to be optimistic here; it is just I've never seen such re-engineering done before for any OS.
- buster 16y ago
  UI redesign will most certainly take place on the homescreen, the launcher, the dialer, etc. In other words: in it's own seperate applications, this wouldn't conflict somewhere because it's done quite frequently. Android is themeable quite nicely, so even changing the standard dialogs from one style to another _should_ work. My own concern here is that some developers probably have written their own UI code and some custom hacks. But we'll see about that.
  - eelco 16y ago
    UI is about how things work first, about styling second. Themes are not going to help you with the former.
    - buster 16y ago
      Correct. And i don't think they want to change how things work. The mechanisms how to operate android are fine. Or do you have an example what fundamental functionality should change?

usaar333 16y ago

It matters how badly the current home design is though. A manual opening garage is bad, but can be fixed easily patched up. Honestly, the UI on Android is not fundamentally bad. I really only see patchwork to improve the weak parts: 1) More responsiveness/smoother scrolling (hardware/low-level software issues). 2) Better text selection, copy/paste (perhaps iPhone-like - or some other solution). 3) Improved default apps. (market, calendar, camera especially come to mind as being sub-par to the iPhone).