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I couldn't agree more on Settings. Apple made the hideous mistake in iOS 2 of placing each third party app's settings in the OS's Settings app. Developers corre
by jpxxx 14y ago
I couldn't agree more on Settings. Apple made the hideous mistake in iOS 2 of placing each third party app's settings in the OS's Settings app. Developers correctly determined that nobody wants to leave their app to change how it worked and mostly ignored it. But there they sit, dozens of them, ignored forever.
For screenshots, Android absolutely does not get a pass. iOS has had instant PNG screenshots since 1.0. That it took Google 4 years to provide any kind of screenshot functionality at all sans debugger is almost insane.
The rest, yep. Many of the unconventional features and idioms in IOS were released to great fanfare to the fans and featured in advertising. Those coming to the platform after the fact are left playing "hidden secrets".
(as an aside, how are you unable to move icons? They are all movable. only a few built-in ones cannot be placed into a folder.)
You're not dumb. Users are not dumb. They simply have their expectations on how something works met or not, and the more expectations and prior experience you come with, the more frustrating it is when those expectations are not met.
Mobile OSes are not the end of the line in simple computer design. I firmly believe there's another order of magnitude to go, and I am certain I'll see it in my life.
- chimeracoder 14y ago> Android absolutely does not get a pass. iOS has had instant PNG screenshots since 1.0 We're comparing usability, not features. Android's interface is more usable and intuitive. > only a few built-in ones cannot be placed into a folder I never use Newsstand. Why shouldn't I be able to place it in a folder > You're not dumb. Users are not dumb. They simply have their expectations on how something works met or not, and the more expectations and prior experience you come with, the more frustrating it is when those expectations are not met. I'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. All I know is that, after several months, I'm still frustrated that I can barely do basic things like type on the phone properly (at a reasonable speed) because of all the sloppy design with the text entry. Since the iPhone doesn't let you swap keyboards out, this means that my only other solution is to use my Galaxy Nexus for any serious work. So there you have it - this incredibly expensive hallmark of 'good design' is relegated to being little more than a flashy toy e-reader! Oh, the irony....
- zevyoura 14y agoWhat kind of serious work are you doing on your Nexus?
- chimeracoder 14y agoFor starters, anything involving typing, like email.
- jpxxx 14y agoWe're not on the same page.
- uxp 14y ago> Why shouldn't I be able to place it in a folder For all intents and purposes, Newsstand is a folder. You can't put folders in folders. Whether or not you agree with that is an argument of opinion, but that's the fact.
- chimeracoder 14y ago> Whether or not you agree with that is an argument of opinion That's the problem - almost any design decision can be framed that way. As long as you have the ability to change it, it remains an 'opinion', but as soon as it's the only interface available, then it becomes 'opinion posing as fact'.