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In a resource/power constrained device, the last thing I want is to have all my apps restricted to a heavy-weight VM. Jolla and Ubuntu both offer native applica

by lbenes 13y ago

In a resource/power constrained device, the last thing I want is to have all my apps restricted to a heavy-weight VM. Jolla and Ubuntu both offer native applications. I haven't used Jolla yet, but I love the gesture based Ubuntu and Blackberry 10 UIs. If Android and iOS don't move in this direction, they will get left behind.

Zigurd 13y ago
Android has very very few global gestures. That was an intentional design decision, with global navigation working through the Back, Home, and Recent buttons. I don't think that is functionally inferior to global gestures, and it makes it possible for apps use use more gestures for app-specific UI.
- lbenes 13y ago
  Edge gestures are so fast and intuitive to use, I don't think they should be reserved for apps. The two I find particular useful are the top-edge down to access messages and the bottom-edge up to access your Task Manager. Have you used a phone with an off-screen touch area? Using them for global command makes perfect sense to me. The apps can use whatever gestures they want inside the bezel.
  - ge0rg 13y ago
    On Android, top-down is used to open the Notifications (where new messages and other pieces of info come in), and starting with some 4.x release, bottom-up opens Google search / Google Now for you.
    - sirkneeland 13y ago
      That may be the case for nexus, but on my HTC One that bottom-up gesture doesn't work
  - sirkneeland 13y ago
    Aww, you got me thinking of the gesture area on the Palm Pre...sheds a tear, renews vow to never buy HP anything out of spite
sirkneeland 13y ago
I have used Jolla's Sailfish OS and it is the best mobile UI out there, period. When I first used it, excited me in a way I haven't felt since I first used the original iPhone in 2007. Every aspect of the UI is designed to be a superb mobile experience for simple, one-handed use. Whereas other platforms compromise the phone UI to force a consistency with other form factors as part of a larger strategic play, the Sailfish team had one focus: make the best damn phone UI possible.

by lbenes 13y ago

Zigurd 13y ago

Android has very very few global gestures. That was an intentional design decision, with global navigation working through the Back, Home, and Recent buttons. I don't think that is functionally inferior to global gestures, and it makes it possible for apps use use more gestures for app-specific UI.

lbenes 13y ago
Edge gestures are so fast and intuitive to use, I don't think they should be reserved for apps. The two I find particular useful are the top-edge down to access messages and the bottom-edge up to access your Task Manager. Have you used a phone with an off-screen touch area? Using them for global command makes perfect sense to me. The apps can use whatever gestures they want inside the bezel.
- ge0rg 13y ago
  On Android, top-down is used to open the Notifications (where new messages and other pieces of info come in), and starting with some 4.x release, bottom-up opens Google search / Google Now for you.
  - sirkneeland 13y ago
    That may be the case for nexus, but on my HTC One that bottom-up gesture doesn't work
- sirkneeland 13y ago
  Aww, you got me thinking of the gesture area on the Palm Pre...sheds a tear, renews vow to never buy HP anything out of spite

sirkneeland 13y ago

I have used Jolla's Sailfish OS and it is the best mobile UI out there, period. When I first used it, excited me in a way I haven't felt since I first used the original iPhone in 2007. Every aspect of the UI is designed to be a superb mobile experience for simple, one-handed use. Whereas other platforms compromise the phone UI to force a consistency with other form factors as part of a larger strategic play, the Sailfish team had one focus: make the best damn phone UI possible.