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I liked the menu button because it meant that you always knew where to go to get menu options. On iOS many apps have different symbols and locations for setting

by rodh257 15y ago

I liked the menu button because it meant that you always knew where to go to get menu options. On iOS many apps have different symbols and locations for settings and as a daily Android user I've found it annoying searching for them. On ICS it's silly checking down the bottom right (where the software buttons are) and sometimes top right (action bar) for the menu button, and if they are deprecating the bottom right/menu button option I can see it becoming just like iOS. When the action bar concept doesn't fit into the design developers will just have to shove menu options at a random place in their UI. I cannot comprehend how that is a better option than having a soft/hard menu button in the same place all the time.

dsr_ 15y ago
...and what UX "expert" decided that when menu (or action overflow) would appear, sometimes it would be down, sometimes up top, and sometimes (I kid you not) both? It's software: if you're going to display something, be consistent about it! It's the single most annoying thing about ICS. It's more annoying than the 4.5 hour usable battery life on the Galaxy Nexus. (You get 4.5 hours of screen-on time. You can manage close to 20 hours, if you don't actually use the thing, but what good is that?)
- cheald 15y ago
  Sidebar here, but I'm running the Virtuous Inquisition ICS build on my Sensation, and I'm getting like 60 hours of screen-off time on a single charge, and something like 12-14 hours of "out and about" usage. Either Virtuous did something astounding with their build, or something's severely off there.
  - tesseract 15y ago
    I have a GSM/HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile and battery life is similar to what you describe on the Sensation. A colleague briefly tried the LTE Galaxy Nexus on Verizon and returned it within a week, because the battery life was astoundingly poor as described by dsr_. Conclusion: LTE kills the battery.

by rodh257 15y ago

dsr_ 15y ago

...and what UX "expert" decided that when menu (or action overflow) would appear, sometimes it would be down, sometimes up top, and sometimes (I kid you not) both? It's software: if you're going to display something, be consistent about it! It's the single most annoying thing about ICS. It's more annoying than the 4.5 hour usable battery life on the Galaxy Nexus. (You get 4.5 hours of screen-on time. You can manage close to 20 hours, if you don't actually use the thing, but what good is that?)

cheald 15y ago
Sidebar here, but I'm running the Virtuous Inquisition ICS build on my Sensation, and I'm getting like 60 hours of screen-off time on a single charge, and something like 12-14 hours of "out and about" usage. Either Virtuous did something astounding with their build, or something's severely off there.
- tesseract 15y ago
  I have a GSM/HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus on T-Mobile and battery life is similar to what you describe on the Sensation. A colleague briefly tried the LTE Galaxy Nexus on Verizon and returned it within a week, because the battery life was astoundingly poor as described by dsr_. Conclusion: LTE kills the battery.