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The actual Android 8.0 website linked in the article (https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/ https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/) showcases the featu
by jmiserez 9y ago
The actual Android 8.0 website linked in the article (https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/ https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/) showcases the features much better than the blog post. It’s actually a really nicely done page, even on mobile.
EDIT: sorry i inadvertently removed my comment on emojis. I was lamenting the fact that the emojis look so different from iOS, which could lead to misunderstandings. And that I find it crazy that every vendor has to make them so drastically different just to prevent infringing on someones copyright.
- izacus 9y agoWell, Apple can update theirs to be less confusing as well, no? ;) I for one will miss the old blobmojis which at least had some personality.
- jquery 9y agoSpeaking as an iOS user, the blobmojis are my favorite part of Android. I regularly use them in Hangouts between my wife and I. I'm going to miss them greatly, they had incredible personality.
- giancarlostoro 9y agoI always liked Microsoft's approach to emojis, a font that any other manufacturer / vendor could use. The benefit being that if your device doesn't have emojis, it does have fonts and can download fonts, thereby emojis would load. I can't find the article about it, read it ages back, but it was kind of interesting.
- dang 9y agoYes, since https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15066729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15066729 was posted earlier and points to the canonical site, we've merged this thread into that one.
- reaperducer 9y agoI agree, the Android page is very nicely done. But it reminds me too much of a copy of Apple's much better MacPro page: https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/ https://www.apple.com/mac-pro/