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Google's UI is competitive with Apple's in elegance? That's an interesting perspective; obviously, I don't agree.
by jfb 15y ago
Google's UI is competitive with Apple's in elegance? That's an interesting perspective; obviously, I don't agree.
- koeselitz 15y agoI think it's kind of silly to argue Google v. Apple on elegance, yeah. But to my eye, Chrome really is a lot more elegant than Safari. There are a billion things Chrome does to make browsing quicker for me, not just because of raw browser speed but because things are just so graceful, simple, and direct. Just being able to search within a URL by starting to type the URL and then hitting 'Tab' is golden to me, and saves me a huge amount of time every single day.
- jfb 15y agoYeah, it's subjective, and of course the way one works doesn't exist in the world of Platonic forms but is a function of the tools one uses. EDIT: So, therefore, it's very difficult to make claims across toolsets. I am an Apple/Emacs guy from back in the Stone Age, so what I think of as "elegant" is going to be very different than someone who has a different history. YMW truly V.
- mistercow 15y agoWell I should qualify that by saying that I mean the Apple of today vs. the Google of today. Apple's design has slipped considerably – just look at Lion, iTunes, more recent versions of Safari, or the latest UI for the Apple TV. But if we were talking about Apple ca. 2009, Apple would easily win in any contest of UI design.
- jfb 15y agoAh, I obviously took the good juju with me when I left.