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Okay, only semi on-topic, but I'm curious. Am I the only one who finds this interface interesting, but unbearably ugly? Mostly, the boxes around icons and the f

Okay, only semi on-topic, but I'm curious. Am I the only one who finds this interface interesting, but unbearably ugly? Mostly, the boxes around icons and the form factor of the phone itself. I usually appreciate them all - iOS, Android 4, QNX and the Lumia 800 - but this is hate at first sight. I can't even explain why. Anyone else? I feel weird, like someone who is about to give Inception a rating of 2 on IMDb.

radley 14y ago
It's grey, it's flat, and I honestly think they're iOS users trying to do an Android OS UI. There's a lot of mistakes in there and not much flexibility (which is in very high demand on the platform). But at least it's not the 4x4 grid we've seen for 5 years.
kenrikm 14y ago
They took almost all of the iOS UX and pasted some new ugly graphics on top. I did not see a single thing that iOS does not do. Drag to reorder, got it, splashscreen info/camera, got it, notifications, got it, even the swipe down from the top for notification center. So TL;DR a leap forward for Android is two steps behind iOS?
- georgemcbay 14y ago
  "notifications, got it, even the swipe down from the top for notification center." You lose quite a bit of credibility by suggesting this is something any Android build stole from iOS.
  - kenrikm 14y ago
    Maybe I did not make it clear enough, but my point was that the title "If Apple Won't Innovate The User Experience, Android Designers Will" does not make sense since iOS already has the features the they are "innovating" When I hear innovation I expect a completely new way of doing something not makeup slathered on with a trowel.
methodin 14y ago
I was looking more at the funtional differences instead of the skin which seems to be quite dramatically different from anything currently out there. Although at the moment I don't see how I would know what pinching and swiping would do at any given moment.

radley 14y ago

It's grey, it's flat, and I honestly think they're iOS users trying to do an Android OS UI. There's a lot of mistakes in there and not much flexibility (which is in very high demand on the platform). But at least it's not the 4x4 grid we've seen for 5 years.

kenrikm 14y ago

They took almost all of the iOS UX and pasted some new ugly graphics on top. I did not see a single thing that iOS does not do. Drag to reorder, got it, splashscreen info/camera, got it, notifications, got it, even the swipe down from the top for notification center. So TL;DR a leap forward for Android is two steps behind iOS?

georgemcbay 14y ago
"notifications, got it, even the swipe down from the top for notification center." You lose quite a bit of credibility by suggesting this is something any Android build stole from iOS.
- kenrikm 14y ago
  Maybe I did not make it clear enough, but my point was that the title "If Apple Won't Innovate The User Experience, Android Designers Will" does not make sense since iOS already has the features the they are "innovating" When I hear innovation I expect a completely new way of doing something not makeup slathered on with a trowel.

methodin 14y ago

I was looking more at the funtional differences instead of the skin which seems to be quite dramatically different from anything currently out there. Although at the moment I don't see how I would know what pinching and swiping would do at any given moment.