I do agree on some accounts. I love the new 2D icons though.
On Oct 27, 10:48 am, momo <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think Android has a ton of functionalities and that's definitely
> wonderful. I am not trying to be overally critical since I know the
> Android team has been working hard and this is highly appreciated.
> However in all systems, there are rooms for improvement and here are a
> few areas where I think Android can improve upon:
>
> 1) UI refinements - Currently it's actually pretty hard to create good-
> looking UI in android. This is one of the main reasons why UIs in
> android look like childplay compared to IPhone apps. Any of the base/
> core UI components in android (to be blunt) are not that pretty. To
> customize and add in the appropriate gradient and create the kind of
> sophisticated UIs that are comparable to Iphone apps is twice as
> hard. Having done development in both, this is something Android
> should target. Overall the android UI is too blocky, too funky, and
> not stylish. And in some cases, they are moving backwards. The new
> tabs in Android 2.0 look worse than Android 1.6. The new spinner is
> also not doing justice either. A focus in this area will be helpful
> in order to create better UI for android applications.
>
> 2) User Experience - Instead of constantly just adding new
> functionalities, focus on user experience. For example, always having
> to click the menu key to bring up a menu requires additional clicks
> that are not necessary. Having to click a back key and guess where
> the current application UI will take me back to is also not great.
> Possibly provide a built-in on-screen menu in the framework? Provide
> a breadcrumb component as part of the framework as well?
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