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Addressing this line: No, I think that the "software matches the hardware" means literally nothing. It means aesthetically the texture, color, or lines fit tog
by acgourley 16y ago
Addressing this line: No, I think that the "software matches the hardware" means literally nothing.
It means aesthetically the texture, color, or lines fit together. In this case the lines are the most important part. Maybe it's not important to you, but it's not a hollow statement.
- drivebyacct2 16y ago"The lines fit together"? I'm sorry but I still don't hear anything concrete about what is unique to a 4x4 grid of icons and the same rectangular profile of a phone. Throughout this thread, I keep hearing "its magical beautiful design" and nothing concrete. Please give me some examples.
- jonah 16y agoPlease don't take this HTC 1 as a good example of the interface fitting with the hardware. Look to some of the other examples cited elsewhere in this thread. Like it was mentioned above, it seems that Kim's desire was to match the simple lines of the phone with a flat, simple interface. I think his proposed interface is poor at best. If you gave a really great UI designer this hardware to design against, you'd quickly understand the cohesion.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoLet me put this a different way. How would iOS need to be changed if it were on the Droid? How would the optimal "software matching the hardware" differ in appearance between the iPhone 4, Droid and Nexus One? Which "lines" have to change?