Re:Nobody Hates Software More Than Software Developers
by pvg on Saturday February 13, 2010 @08:00AM
(#1122967)
There's a lot of polish missing, with too many taps required for some things, not enough finger-swipes etc., but everything else considered - especially background apps
At this point you are in the far distant percentile of power/advanced/ideologically-inclined users, though. Obviously some people will care a great deal about the precise display of their battery status. But you have to recognize they are far fewer than the number of people who care about being able to do basic things with 3 fewer taps.
Re:Nobody Hates Software More Than Software Developers
by barrkel on Saturday February 13, 2010 @07:27PM
(#1123856)
The effect is more subtle than that, and hard to explain. The iPod Touch seems relatively primitive to me now. The screens are miles apart, while the Apple device has smoother scrolling etc.
The best way I can think of to describe it is like a Mac vs PC, except with the Unix subsystem made completely locked-down on the Mac. PCs are just better and more productive machines for my way of approaching the world. It just feels more industrial-strength, more adult, less toy-like, at an emotional level that's very hard to express concisely.
The ability to go onto the marketplace and download e.g. a battery monitor app that could display a number on the notification bar rather than the 5-state default was refreshing. I had to jailbreak by iPod Touch to get similar functionality. I similarly had to jailbreak it to disable auto-rotation; that's a default option in the N1. And the sense of freedom in being able to e.g. download Opera and replace the browser is refreshing. This is a device that doesn't necessarily need Google to improve it - competition can play its part too.