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I assume KitKat has a trick up its sleeve to solve the notorious fragmentation issues that plague Android. Why else would they say "available for everybody"?
by olivercameron 13y ago
I assume KitKat has a trick up its sleeve to solve the notorious fragmentation issues that plague Android. Why else would they say "available for everybody"?
- eli 13y agoYou saw this already, right? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6317614 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6317614
- psbp 13y agoThat top comment is so daft and separate from the reality of open source development. HN has really degraded if that comment gets taken seriously.
- eli 13y agoDon't sweat it too much. I disagree with that comment too, but I think it's a valid opinion and I bet a lot of people feel that way. The comments immediately below it present an alternate view. Diversity of opinions is a good thing.
- kkowalczyk 13y agoMost likely what they mean by that is an optimization of the system so that it runs better or low-end (i.e. cheap) devices (think: india, africa, china markets) as currently you need relatively high-end hardware for smooth operation. "everybody" in this context means "large numbers of people who can't afford high-end hardware" Google was talking about those optimization plans during last I/O, I believe.
- nutjob123 13y agoI believe they already released most of the interface performance optimizations in 4.3. I would be happy to see more though.
- prehkugler 13y agoFor a minute, I thought you were trying to make a joke about how KitKats are meant to be broken apart.
- mkopinsky 13y agoBreak me off a piece of that KitKat... ecosystem?
- BashiBazouk 13y agoConsidering all the different flavors of kitkat in Japan, I would think it would become more fragmented, not less.