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Android is a pain in the ass

5 points by okosisi 12y ago

davidcbc 12y ago
I tend to agree with the sentiment, but some of this guys examples are horrible. "It keeps asking me which app I want to use to open stuff. And when I click ‘just once’, it keeps asking me forever." Oh really? When you tell it to open something with an app 'just once' it only opens it with that app once? The audacity!
SAI_Peregrinus 12y ago
1. Wouldn't know, I don't use the default mail client. Also, my right thumb is near the top of the phone in the way I tend to hold it, and I type with the 3 non-pinky fingers on my left hand. This makes me a bit odd. 2. Same. In TextSecure, hit options, add contact info, and it adds to contacts. You can pick an existing contact or add a new one by hitting the big + sign. 3. Opening something with an app "just once" vs opening it with that app "always" and he complains that it doesn't save the preference. Clearly he read the words, but didn't understand. "Just once" means use that app just once. "always" means use that app always. 4 & 5. No. Apps in the background may appear to be running, but they can be simply suspended. You do not have to care about what is running in the background, the task scheduler takes care of it. Let it predict what you'll load, things will be fast, and your battery life won't suffer nearly as much as he seems to think. Most of the battery drain will be the screen and the radios anyway. This simply isn't something you have to care about, or should have to care about. That said, if you want to care about it and tweak it, go ahead. There are apps for that, and things like AutoKiller which changes the task scheduler's behavior to make it work better for you. 6. TextSecure. I agree that the default messaging app is poor. 7. Agreed, though I've never had this issue. May be another instance of #3. 8. Agreed, I use AnySoft keyboard. Unlike other OSes, you can change the keyboard. Android in its default config is OK. Far from perfect, but unlike iOS it's much easier to make it perfect.
- tokenizerrr 12y ago
  Almost completely agreed with your post, some of these points don't make a lot of sense. As for 6, all you have to do is simply tap the notification or in the later android versions click 'read' under the notification after you've read the message through the notification. And for 8, I personally have no issues with the default keyboard whatsoever.
- chetanahuja 12y ago
  Re 8. The android slide-to-type keyboards (swiftkey and the likes... I believe a similar typing mode exists in the builtin keyboard also) is so incredibly superior to anything else out there that anytime I have to type something on an iPad or my wife's iPhone I feel like I've been transported back to the stone ages. The OP should really poke around in the options a bit.
okosisi 12y ago
Yah, the 'just once' thing is poorly articulated. First I don't want to be asked. I want a default and the option to change it if I care. Second it asks a lot. All file types, different actions. Reminds me of old windows. Basically if I put on my pdm hat, this is a bad user assistance dialog. The options it presents bug me instead of smoothing my experience.

5 points by okosisi 12y ago

I tend to agree with the sentiment, but some of this guys examples are horrible. "It keeps asking me which app I want to use to open stuff. And when I click ‘just once’, it keeps asking me forever." Oh really? When you tell it to open something with an app 'just once' it only opens it with that app once? The audacity!

SAI_Peregrinus 12y ago

1. Wouldn't know, I don't use the default mail client. Also, my right thumb is near the top of the phone in the way I tend to hold it, and I type with the 3 non-pinky fingers on my left hand. This makes me a bit odd. 2. Same. In TextSecure, hit options, add contact info, and it adds to contacts. You can pick an existing contact or add a new one by hitting the big + sign. 3. Opening something with an app "just once" vs opening it with that app "always" and he complains that it doesn't save the preference. Clearly he read the words, but didn't understand. "Just once" means use that app just once. "always" means use that app always. 4 & 5. No. Apps in the background may appear to be running, but they can be simply suspended. You do not have to care about what is running in the background, the task scheduler takes care of it. Let it predict what you'll load, things will be fast, and your battery life won't suffer nearly as much as he seems to think. Most of the battery drain will be the screen and the radios anyway. This simply isn't something you have to care about, or should have to care about. That said, if you want to care about it and tweak it, go ahead. There are apps for that, and things like AutoKiller which changes the task scheduler's behavior to make it work better for you. 6. TextSecure. I agree that the default messaging app is poor. 7. Agreed, though I've never had this issue. May be another instance of #3. 8. Agreed, I use AnySoft keyboard. Unlike other OSes, you can change the keyboard. Android in its default config is OK. Far from perfect, but unlike iOS it's much easier to make it perfect.

tokenizerrr 12y ago
Almost completely agreed with your post, some of these points don't make a lot of sense. As for 6, all you have to do is simply tap the notification or in the later android versions click 'read' under the notification after you've read the message through the notification. And for 8, I personally have no issues with the default keyboard whatsoever.
chetanahuja 12y ago
Re 8. The android slide-to-type keyboards (swiftkey and the likes... I believe a similar typing mode exists in the builtin keyboard also) is so incredibly superior to anything else out there that anytime I have to type something on an iPad or my wife's iPhone I feel like I've been transported back to the stone ages. The OP should really poke around in the options a bit.

okosisi 12y ago

Yah, the 'just once' thing is poorly articulated. First I don't want to be asked. I want a default and the option to change it if I care. Second it asks a lot. All file types, different actions. Reminds me of old windows. Basically if I put on my pdm hat, this is a bad user assistance dialog. The options it presents bug me instead of smoothing my experience.