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Re:With Windows Phone 7, Did Microsoft Actually Bring A Gun ... by spiffworks on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @09:24AM (#1783235)
>Google go the extra mile with Gingerbread to really sweeten up the UI a bit

I've never understood what exactly people mean when they say that. The one area Google needs to fix is the settings menu, with a much more logical organisation which they failed to do properly even in Froyo. Other than that, the worst flaws in Android are not things that Google can just wave a wand and fix without breaking backward compatibility.

Agree with you about the widgets, though. Can't live without them.

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Re:With Windows Phone 7, Did Microsoft Actually Bring A Gun ... by zmmmmm on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @07:53PM (#1785479)
I present to you the iOS date picker side by side with the Android date picker:

http://i.imgur.com/PcNGf.png

One has a beautiful touch responsive scrolling display while the other requires you to pick out small + and - symbols and tap repeatedly on them until you get to the right date. Mis-hitting the square below brings up the keyboard with a jarring UI-rearranging effect.

This kind of stuff, as well as the fluidity of the UI in general (jerky scrolling, transitions sudden instead of animated) is what they need to address.

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