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I see three total representations of time... I think? I think that's what I'm looking at on the left screenshot on the "Mon 4" widget? A clock face? One of them

I see three total representations of time... I think? I think that's what I'm looking at on the left screenshot on the "Mon 4" widget? A clock face? One of them's normal (top bar), one (the clock face) looks way more "cutesy" and decorative than functional, so I guess if it's some customization and not standard, that's fine, but what's with the Lock Screen? Why print the time with unusual formatting on there? (I know, I know, the answer is "it looks very nice in screenshots for marketing... and for my portfolio") Rightmost screenshot: wow, iOS and Android quick-settings screens have converged a lot more than I realized, since I was last in the Android world. Who copied whom? It's really weird that the rightmost screenshot (the quick-settings screen) bumps the top bar down for a second top bar that just prints the date, in small type. The permissions and privacy stuff seems OK but I'm surprised they were so far behind on that front that this is new. Screenshot interface is also damn near identical to the one on my iPhone. Again, dunno who got there first, or if it's just convergent design... but wow, it's very close. The "scrolling screenshot" thing is cool, though I wonder how that'll interact with drawing rules for various app widgets—or maybe it just works on web content? (no clue if my iPhone can do that—I don't think so?) Phone switching feature—again, I'm surprised this is new for them. Being able to do it from iPhone, too, is a nice touch though.

AnssiH 5y ago
> Phone switching feature—again, I'm surprised this is new for them. Being able to do it from iPhone, too, is a nice touch though. The feature itself is very old. I think they are implying that in previous versions it did not transfer all your "essentials" and now it does - it isn't really clear to me what exactly they improved, though. And the iPhone bit may be new.
sbradford26 5y ago
The scrolling screenshot feature is the only thing I am semi excited about. I had it on my old Huawei Mate 10 Pro and used it a lot.
nsonha 5y ago
> bumps the top bar down for a second top bar that just prints the date sounds like a privacy thing
- handrous 5y ago
  I mean the "fixed" top bar that usually shows the time and battery status, et c., gets bumped down for a second one that just prints the date, on the far left of the screen. This is on the settings screen, captured on the right side of the top graphic on the page. It's a weird choice for a bunch of reasons—why go to extra effort to print the date on the settings screen, of all places, but not in any kind of a "you can edit this here" context, but only an informational one? Why not find a way to put it on the existing top bar? (it looks like there's room, even with the notch) Why break a "this bar is fixed at the top and doesn't have anything 'above' it in the view hierarchy—all it might do is disappear, not be pushed down" norm for such a minor thing? If you're going to that effort, why only use like 1/4 of the width (even accounting for the notch) that you're claiming, and not display more stuff there? Why not just print that under the existing bar, if you've decided it needs to appear on this screen? It looks like a mistake, as is. Like some kind of temporary dev UI element that got left in by accident.

AnssiH 5y ago

> Phone switching feature—again, I'm surprised this is new for them. Being able to do it from iPhone, too, is a nice touch though. The feature itself is very old. I think they are implying that in previous versions it did not transfer all your "essentials" and now it does - it isn't really clear to me what exactly they improved, though. And the iPhone bit may be new.

sbradford26 5y ago

The scrolling screenshot feature is the only thing I am semi excited about. I had it on my old Huawei Mate 10 Pro and used it a lot.

nsonha 5y ago

> bumps the top bar down for a second top bar that just prints the date sounds like a privacy thing

handrous 5y ago
I mean the "fixed" top bar that usually shows the time and battery status, et c., gets bumped down for a second one that just prints the date, on the far left of the screen. This is on the settings screen, captured on the right side of the top graphic on the page. It's a weird choice for a bunch of reasons—why go to extra effort to print the date on the settings screen, of all places, but not in any kind of a "you can edit this here" context, but only an informational one? Why not find a way to put it on the existing top bar? (it looks like there's room, even with the notch) Why break a "this bar is fixed at the top and doesn't have anything 'above' it in the view hierarchy—all it might do is disappear, not be pushed down" norm for such a minor thing? If you're going to that effort, why only use like 1/4 of the width (even accounting for the notch) that you're claiming, and not display more stuff there? Why not just print that under the existing bar, if you've decided it needs to appear on this screen? It looks like a mistake, as is. Like some kind of temporary dev UI element that got left in by accident.