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I completely agree with the people who say that old versions of android not getting upgraded is bad. But this screen size and hardware is different between dev

by msh 15y ago

I completely agree with the people who say that old versions of android not getting upgraded is bad. But this screen size and hardware is different between devices is fragmentation and is bad is a bit bullshit. If that was so bad where are all the articles says OSX is fragmented and hard to develop for, it support a large range of screen sizes (11 -> 27 inch) and both semislow and super fast cpus (and now we are not even talking windows...).

zoul 15y ago
There is a big difference in UI design for the mobile devices and for the desktop. On the desktop you can often specify the UI using automatic layout features and the result works. On mobile devices the limited screen estate forces you to weight every pixel and therefore the different screen sizes matter much more. Similar argument can be made about the performance – on desktop Macs the performance differences are not interesting for most regular apps, whereas on the mobile devices even a simple app can tax the machine to the point of not being usable.