It is my opinion. It also seems to be the opinion of the graphic design community as well. Android's UI has no depth or style. If you're not working in the design field, then you don't know good design.
That may be your opinion, but I think even Froyo/Gingerbread era Android looked better than iOS. The wall o' icons has been around since the original iPhone, no innovation on that front.
It is my opinion. It also seems to be the opinion of the graphic design community as well. Android's UI has no depth or style. If you're not working in the design field, then you don't know good design.
That may be your opinion, but I think even Froyo/Gingerbread era Android looked better than iOS. The wall o' icons has been around since the original iPhone, no innovation on that front.
As someone who had to configure numerous Gingerbread devices for testing, it is in no way better looking than iOS. Gingerbread had the features checklist down pat, but it did not look or feel as good as the "inferior" iOS. Ice Cream Sandwich and Jellybean is a major step up in UI design for Android. ICS feels much more fluid and smooth.
Supposed pictures of the new 9 pin dock connector
Looks nice if it's real. Certainly looks more sturdy than micro USB. Of note, if true, is the mentioning that this connector can be plugged in either way and it'll work. Micro USB is kind of annoying at times because you have to analyze the micro USB plug to see which way it's suppose to plug into the device. My only concern is the exposed pins which may get damaged.
Right. Because the consumer (you know, the actual person buying the product?) liking the way something looks is completely meaningless.
Is that why they mistakenly bought all those samsung tablets thinking they were ipads?The general consumer is ignorant and does not know design. If you dont expect john doe to have the skills to build a bridge, why would he/she naturally have the skills to design?
The general consumer is ignorant and does not know design. If you dont expect john doe to have the skills to build a bridge, why would he/she naturally have the skills to design?
I just watched The Godfather and I used to think that I thought it was a good movie but since I don't know how to make movies myself I must have no basis to form my opinion.Who ever said the "john doe" knows how to design? Trying to make a factual argument over what looks better is a losing proposition before ever getting started. It is subjective. That was my point.
And for the record I have seen plenty of stunning UI elements designed by amateur "John Does". I can't think of a single bridge they have made though.....
It is my opinion. It also seems to be the opinion of the graphic design community as well. Android's UI has no depth or style. If you're not working in the design field, then you don't know good design.
I work in the graphic design field and I think the pre JB android UI is ugly. You may form your own opinion on Android's design, but it's an uneducated one if design is not something you have exp in.
I work in the graphic design field and I think the pre JB android UI is ugly. You may form your own opinion on Android's design, but it's an uneducated one if design is not something you have exp in.
To be honest I think most people saw ICS as a big jump in UI quality. I agree that looking back Froyo and gingerbread aren't that great. A LOT of people felt that way too when Android first came out.
Even Anand himself kept rooting for webOS. It just never got picked up by enough people, but it had the UI and functionality. It had the best notifications out of the 3 OSes at that time.
I think the people who keep saying GB and Froyo looked sexy are probably the same ones who feel like bashing iOS everyday. Sure the wall of icons needs to be overhauled, but to say the UI is fugly is absurd. If iOS has an ugly GUI, then Froyo and Gingerbread should be downgraded to text based UI. Anyway, I'm glad Google innovated, and ICS addressed a lot of my concerns about Android from before....
Having used some Froyo/GB devices in the past and now full-time using JB, Android just isn't there in terms of visual quality. Let's take something simple. The font. It's just not... Right... It's thin. It's stretched tall. The drop shadow is almost indistinguishable from the lettering.
Icons are inconsistent and difficult to distinguish. I often tap the Google Voice icon when I meant to tap Google Talk. Yes, I know the icon says 'talk', but just glancing at the two quickly it's hard for me to differentiate between the two. I have the Google Maps and Google+ icons next to each other and they're even hard to tell apart from a quick glance.
Everything feels just not well thought out. Why, for instance, since Android devices tend bigger, are menu options and navigation in apps not at the bottom of the screen. I can't count how many times I've gone to open a new tab in chrome and instead of hitting the 'new tab' button, I hit the current tab and it just reopened and I have to do the whole thing over and just stretch a bit farther.
It feels like Android is a collection from a lot of different departments just kind of thrown together and released. The main OS functionality from one department, but the GMail app is by a completely different team. And then the Maps applications comes from somewhere else. And then the Navigation app comes from somewhere else. the Google Earth app is from a whole other department. Nothing feels cohesive.
iOS is in an entirely different league in this regard IMO. JB, and even ICS that I've used on a RAZR, is a LOT better in terms of UI, but I don't even think Google even showed up on the playing field in terms of usability for me. Now, your definition of usability and ease of use may not be the same as mine, and some things that bother me might not bother you. I get a lot of eye rolls from friends when I start talking about things like "fonts", but it's important to me. I stare at it for hours a day. I think sometimes people lose sight that what they do or what they like is the end all be all of what anything should be and that there's no room for anyone else to dislike what, for them, is perfect.
Icons are inconsistent and difficult to distinguish. I often tap the Google Voice icon when I meant to tap Google Talk. Yes, I know the icon says 'talk', but just glancing at the two quickly it's hard for me to differentiate between the two. I have the Google Maps and Google+ icons next to each other and they're even hard to tell apart from a quick glance.
You may form your own opinion on Android's design, but it's an uneducated one if design is not something you have exp in.
I think that is an incredibly succinct summation of why Apple went from ~three times the market share of Android to ~half in such an incredibly short period of time.
I think that is an incredibly succinct summation of why Apple went from ~three times the market share of Android to ~half in such an incredibly short period of time.
I would get bored as hell looking at the same os year after year lol