Also his comparison with Linux on the desktop is completely invalid, since Android does have one, very rich, widget set, with a consistent look. This won't change, and application developers are encouraged to use it to have a consistent look and behavior.
Of course we can't -force- app developers to use the standard widgets, and there will certainly be ones who want to do their own custom look for one reason or another. Just like desktop operating systems, both windows and mac. Probably the biggest criticism you could make of Android is how easy we make it for developers to supply their own custom imagery for the standard widgets, making it a lot easier for them to do a custom UI skin if that is what they want. (Though on the plus side, if they do a custom UI this way, it is only the appearance that changes, because they are using the standard widgets all of the behavior remains the same.) On Sep 3, 8:57 am, "Shane Isbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:10 AM, jtaylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "I love Open Source. It's a great way to develop software. But it has > > its weaknesses. One of the main weaknesses is consistency. Take a look > > at these Android apps. When you look at these applications for the > > Google backed smartphone OS, what you'll see is a complete lack of > > consistency in the look and feel of applications." > > This is a bogus argument. The applications that he is pointing to are not > open-source. And neither is Android (as of yet). If it is inconsistent, it > has nothing to do with open source. > > Shane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
