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Well, given that a tiny fraction of users are developers, doesn't it seem like a poor decision on Google's part to have a poor user experience in order to help

• cheald 14y ago
  The way that iOS does things prevents developers from doing things to help UX! For example, as an effect of this prioritization, iOS doesn't report scroll position while you're scrolling a page or scrollable div in a page, until the scroll has completed, and the scroll momentum has come to a full stop. This makes all sorts of app-like interactions impossible in an iOS webapp. I don't really think that the user experience is poor, per se. I think it's a matter of acclimation; I've been using Android since the Nexus One, and while it was certainly frustrating in the past, Android 4.1 really stepped things up, and it's a really nice experience now. I appreciate how iOS scrolling feels, but in general, Android's way of doing things seems to be a lot nicer to me. I actively use Android and iOS devices on a daily basis (my phone is an LG Nexus 4, the same one you disliked), and Android feels much, much better to me than iOS does, with the sole exception of scrolling smoothness. It's worth noting that there is one difference that might have been annoying you; iOS starts scrolling as soon as you start moving your finger. Android has a deadzone of a few pixels, so it might feel less responsive if you're used to the lack of deadzone on iOS. Once you're used to it, it's not an issue.