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Funny how perspectives can differ. I was just coming to comment how the UI was clearly not as polished as the competition. It's just the obvious stuff: Typing
by twodave 6y ago
Funny how perspectives can differ. I was just coming to comment how the UI was clearly not as polished as the competition. It's just the obvious stuff:
Typing in a passcode: dots are too small, not spaced out enough
Keyboard: it feels like the characters are about to run into the borders
Camera: lots of just empty black space around the picture--I'd rather they just overscan it a bit to fill up the entire screen.
Lack of a splash screen, icons in the app drawer are a bit too large, many of the prompts obviously expecting a mouse input, screens where responsiveness to the screen form factor is just broken.
I am overall impressed with how far Linux on a phone has come--it's also still a long way to the top.
- izacus 6y agoThe most jarring thing is probably the lack of touch feedback when you tap on screen. There's no confirmation that phone actually registered the tap.
- jraph 6y agoInteresting, I hadn't noticed this because haptic feedback using the vibrator is the first thing I disable on any phone (because of the noise).
- choward 6y agoI do it because I find it annoying and distracting. It feels like I did something wrong. I'm already staring at the screen so visual feedback is all I need.
- izacus 6y agoI didn't mean haptic, but visual feedback. On most OSes when you press your mouse or finger on an interactive element, that element highlights in some manner (e.g. text color changes, ripple appears, background color changes). That's critical for proper feedback and feel of a UI. It's almost entirely missing in that demo video.
- jraph 6y agoOh, ok. I'm quite sensitive to having feedback and that does not seem to be an issue on the PinePhone. Except for when you open an app on Phosh. Then, no clue that the app is loading.