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Yikes, that completely custom, non-standard UI is pretty jarring for me.
by cmelbye 15y ago
Yikes, that completely custom, non-standard UI is pretty jarring for me.
- jechen 15y agoI thought it's quite a fresh breath of air from all the other apps. Conventions be damned!
- cmelbye 15y agoDon't get me wrong, I love a custom UI in an iPhone app when it's done right. See: TweetBot. Gorgeous, 100% custom UI, and they preserved button sizes, labels, behavior, etc that the user is used to in an iPhone app.
- jamesteow 15y agoAgreed, though HN'ers are on the conservative end of design.
- moxiemk1 15y agoI agree - this (to me) is indicative of the difference between an application that intends to be useful to me vs. one that is useful to the provider. One falls into the woodwork, presenting a painfully standardized and predictable interface, enabling me to do things instead of "using an app". The other calls attention to its existence, and challenges me to "explore" instead of "use"
- vnorby 15y agoIt does not seem native...was probably made with Titanium or Phonegap.
- mathrawka 15y agoIt is native. https://twitter.com/#!/bleikamp/status/101150736989171712 https://twitter.com/#!/bleikamp/status/101150736989171712