Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
by superflyguy on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:04AM
(#16967085)
"These discussions are not very useful, because they are based anecdotal evidence."
This is true of practically every comment on this site!
Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
by danieldk on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:13AM
(#16967162)
I disagree. I have learned a lot from technical discussions on HackerNews.
Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
by dogweather on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:44PM
(#16970083)
I think that was meant to be ironic; there's a lot of value in anecdotes.
Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
by cabaalis on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @10:50AM
(#16967432)
For scientific research maybe, but I'm sure you're aware that usage "anecdotes" (i.e. use cases) are part of the basis of designing a user experience.
Re:I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
by dogweather on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:45PM
(#16970099)
And anecdotes are useful for learning about phenomena deserving real investigation. E.g. it's been very interesting to learn that there do exist non-techie people who have a harder time with Apple devices.
Just to offer a counterpoint: my mother never used a computer and is non-technical, but she manages great with her iPad (she does chat, Facetime, and web browsing). She had a couple of hand down Android phones (IIRC, Moto E, Moto G, and later a Samsung Galaxy Note 4). The Android phones were very confusing to her and she had difficulty contacting anyone while on the go. She recently got an iPhone and she manages without trouble.
The problem is that there are a so many factors: prior experience (my mom used an iPad before), extremely small sample sizes, biases (if you are an iOS fan you like to believe that iDevices work better for your loved ones), etc.
There are only some aspects that we can objectively evaluate (iDevices get security updates for longer periods, iDevices typicaly get more frequent updates). When it comes to usability, you can only get meaningful information from large samples.