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> Having a mix is like having two hard drives. You're suddenly asking your users to make decisions about things they probably don't care about or that they do c

> Having a mix is like having two hard drives. You're suddenly asking your users to make decisions about things they probably don't care about or that they do care about in ways you can't predict. Will they want this app on internal or external storage? What about this music? Except it's not. Android doesn't give the user any options, with one exception that almost nobody ever needs to worry about. See my comment at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2327424 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2327424 >> 2. The epic list of applications (ELOP) >I find this a little strange too. If someone installs something, it appears at the top level in iOS. On Android, mainly due to manufacturer customization, you have less "home pages" for your apps (and they're generally filled with crud you need to remove). Making your newly downloaded app harder to find is a little odd. This boggles my mind. What is so hard about pressing a button on home screen and then finding the application in a sorted list of icons? If it's something you'll be using often, you can put it directly on a homescreen, but otherwise, how is it hard to find? Just because it's different from iOS doesn't mean it's hard; it just isn't what you're used to. Edit: Further on this note, iOS allows you to group app icons into subfolders on your home screen. How is that any easier than having a single sorted list for finding everything installed on your phone, other than the fact that you were the one to define those folders? How is that any different than being the one to define what's on your home screens?

gallamine 16y ago
" ... finding the application in a sorted list of icons?" 1. The list can be very long. As far as I can tell, there's no scroll bar indicator or even a alphabet marker. 2. It's sorted by alphabet, not by install time, so it requires you remember the name of the application. If the name is different than in the market, you're really in trouble.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
  > 1. The list can be very long. As far as I can tell, there's no scroll bar indicator or even a alphabet marker. That is a completely valid insight. Either solution would definitely make it easier to scroll to the correct area of the list. > 2. It's sorted by alphabet, not by install time, so it requires you remember the name of the application. If the name is different than in the market, you're really in trouble. I would imagine that for anything not just-installed, having the list sorted by install time would be a nightmare. I have no idea what the relative order of installation would be for any of my apps. As for the name, I would hope that application authors wouldn't be so daft as to have the package's name be different that the actual launcher's title, although I wouldn't put it past somebody to do that.

gallamine 16y ago

" ... finding the application in a sorted list of icons?" 1. The list can be very long. As far as I can tell, there's no scroll bar indicator or even a alphabet marker. 2. It's sorted by alphabet, not by install time, so it requires you remember the name of the application. If the name is different than in the market, you're really in trouble.

nuclear_eclipse 16y ago
> 1. The list can be very long. As far as I can tell, there's no scroll bar indicator or even a alphabet marker. That is a completely valid insight. Either solution would definitely make it easier to scroll to the correct area of the list. > 2. It's sorted by alphabet, not by install time, so it requires you remember the name of the application. If the name is different than in the market, you're really in trouble. I would imagine that for anything not just-installed, having the list sorted by install time would be a nightmare. I have no idea what the relative order of installation would be for any of my apps. As for the name, I would hope that application authors wouldn't be so daft as to have the package's name be different that the actual launcher's title, although I wouldn't put it past somebody to do that.