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I don't know about the EVO, but Sense on my Incredible is pretty slick and I haven't had any battery problems (although I just got it Tuesday).

by Qz 16y ago

wwortiz 16y ago
Comparing sense on a friends' incredible to my rooted droid with froyo, froyo is much better I think. The only advantage to sense is some nicer widgets and fixing some things on android before 2.2
jrockway 16y ago
Have you ever used stock Android? The thing that nails Sense for me is that the calendar app requires you to spin digits around (11:01, 11:02, 11:03, ... for your 11:45 appointment), whereas the stock Android app lets you just type them in or press a button. Not as OMG AWESOME, but much easier to actually use. Anyway, Sense only lasted a few days on my phone, so I am not experienced. I just know that the stock AOSP lock screen, dialer, calendar, and browser all work better.
- nooneelse 16y ago
  Even easier would be something that recognized that 00, 15, 30, 45 are going to cover most uses and thus made it a single tap to select which one of those you want (with the "more general please" option if you need it).
  - jrockway 16y ago
    Excellent idea. What's great about Android is that I can clone the git repo, add this feature, and see if I like it. Much better than waiting for some "expert" to "decide" that this is best and then waiting for the next OS upgrade!
- Qz 16y ago
  Anyway, Sense only lasted a few days on my phone, so I am not experienced. I just know that the stock AOSP lock screen, dialer, calendar, and browser all work better. They just work better despite that you admit you don't have much experience with Sense? I can understand not liking the spinning digits thing if you're a major calendar user, but I'm not so it doesn't really bother me. Seems like user preference on most of those things, not anything that makes one definitively better than the other. My phone is fast and responsive, so I don't really have any impetus to go around unlocking stuff when I don't need to (yet).

I don't know about the EVO, but Sense on my Incredible is pretty slick and I haven't had any battery problems (although I just got it Tuesday).

by Qz 16y ago

I don't know about the EVO, but Sense on my Incredible is pretty slick and I haven't had any battery problems (although I just got it Tuesday).

wwortiz 16y ago

Comparing sense on a friends' incredible to my rooted droid with froyo, froyo is much better I think. The only advantage to sense is some nicer widgets and fixing some things on android before 2.2

jrockway 16y ago

Have you ever used stock Android? The thing that nails Sense for me is that the calendar app requires you to spin digits around (11:01, 11:02, 11:03, ... for your 11:45 appointment), whereas the stock Android app lets you just type them in or press a button. Not as OMG AWESOME, but much easier to actually use. Anyway, Sense only lasted a few days on my phone, so I am not experienced. I just know that the stock AOSP lock screen, dialer, calendar, and browser all work better.

nooneelse 16y ago
Even easier would be something that recognized that 00, 15, 30, 45 are going to cover most uses and thus made it a single tap to select which one of those you want (with the "more general please" option if you need it).
- jrockway 16y ago
  Excellent idea. What's great about Android is that I can clone the git repo, add this feature, and see if I like it. Much better than waiting for some "expert" to "decide" that this is best and then waiting for the next OS upgrade!
Qz 16y ago
Anyway, Sense only lasted a few days on my phone, so I am not experienced. I just know that the stock AOSP lock screen, dialer, calendar, and browser all work better. They just work better despite that you admit you don't have much experience with Sense? I can understand not liking the spinning digits thing if you're a major calendar user, but I'm not so it doesn't really bother me. Seems like user preference on most of those things, not anything that makes one definitively better than the other. My phone is fast and responsive, so I don't really have any impetus to go around unlocking stuff when I don't need to (yet).