I've been using Android since v1.0 and Dianne is right. I don't have v2.0 on my myTouch but there are options to turn on screen animations. Also, the dialer has always had big buttons... Do you USE an Android phone? Or have you just recently been using Android and feel you know enough to write an article?
On Dec 1, 7:51 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Um. > > "they do themselves repeated injustice by presenting their technology on > very weak hardware specifications" > > What is Droid? > > "The "Vibrate on Keypress" - where did we see this before? Its very similar > to the HTC Hero." > > Actually it's been a feature of the standard platform IME since its first > version. > > "Android 2.0 does have some surprises up its sleeve: new widgets and new > classes that give it that "iPhone" feeling: fade-in, fade out > sexy-touch-and-feel." > > I don't think there were any new widget classes in 2.0, nor significant new > app widgets (that go on the home screen). And the picture shown here is a > little strange, since I don't think that api demo nor the controls in it > changed significantly in 2.0 (there may have been some smallish tweaks to > graphics as they were redone in high density). > > Also as far as animations -- the animations have always been a part of the > platform since 1.0, but were turned off by default. 1.5 introduced a > visible preference to turn them on, but left it off by default. 2.0 made > this on by default, and added new animations involving the wallpaper since > the wallpaper in 2.0 became a separate independent plane that applications > could sit on top of. > > "Finally, someone at Android figured out that increasing the button sizes > for a phone dialer can only make the OS more user-friendly." > > This is really confusing since I think the buttons in 2.0 are actually a bit > smaller, to allow space for the additional buttons on the bottom. :) The > graphics did change, which makes them look a little larger horizontally, but > the hit area is the same in that direction (and a little smaller > vertically). > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
