Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by cageface on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @11:36AM
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I'm not saying that we've seen the last word in mobile operating systems, but neither iOS nor Android have made any fundamental UX changes in the last few major updates.
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Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by bonzoesc on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @11:47AM
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Have you looked at Ice Cream Sandwich at all?
Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by Terretta on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @12:04PM
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Have you looked at iOS 5 at all?
Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by cageface on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @12:24PM
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I spend the better part of every day writing iOS apps for a living. The user experience has barely changed since iOS 3.
Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by fredoliveira on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @12:24PM
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If "last few major updates" means, say, at least 2 major updates, I believe you've been hiding under a "few major rocks", because that's certainly not the case. Both platforms have seen tremendous UX changes/improvements.
Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by cageface on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @12:26PM
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Like what? Yes there have been some enhancements but the fundamental UI vocabulary and representation is the same. iOS was a big leap forward from the alternatives in 2007. Nothing we've seen since has been even close to as radical.
Like I said, no fundamental changes.
Re:"Android ICS already offers more than what is coming in i...
by Terretta on Tuesday June 12, 2012 @02:01PM
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I find it really fundamental to swipe left and right to change the foregrounded app, and have the other apps still there where I left them when I swipe back. That's a huge huge change, and takes it from toy to tool.
Agree that notifications pull down and similar are gravy, but tasty gravy nonetheless.