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I tried helping the Wordpress comunity with this Google Summer of Code entry for Android blogging app redesign: http://tomaskafka.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/wordp
by tomaskafka 15y ago
I tried helping the Wordpress comunity with this Google Summer of Code entry for Android blogging app redesign: http://tomaskafka.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/wordpress-for-android-concept-for-gsoc-2011/ http://tomaskafka.wordpress.com/2011/04/08/wordpress-for-and... . I based the design on taking the most common requests and complaints from Android Market reviews, mixed with so successfull 'post anything fast' model of Posterous.
The mentors chose this joke of a buzzwords and a brainless copy of Facebook (Facebook has dashboard with 9 buttons therefore my app will have 9 functions and it is a good UX) instead: https://anirudhspider.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/version-2-wordpress-android-app-ui/ https://anirudhspider.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/version-2-wor...
The code of app was terrible - mashup of business and diplay logic organized as 1 screen = 1 class. I recognized that to decouple business logic from view and enable different screen flow, splitting into proper MVP layers would be needed - and offered to do the refactoring as well.
I tried - never will again. Open source my ass.