On Jan 29, 1:14 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote:
> On my Nexus One phone: When I click the back button, it navigates back one > screen, when I press the home button, it takes me back to the home screen. > ALWAYS. And if you then hit Back after hitting Home, it doesn't take you back. ALWAYS. I've said this at least three times already, so I'm not sure why people still keep not understanding what I'm saying, and insisting that Android behaves exactly like a web browser. It doesn't. If you don't believe me, please click the Home button in your web browser right now, then click Back. Good, you should now be looking at this message again. Right? Now pick up your Nexus One, click Home, then click Back. See? It *didn't* take you back to where you were before. There really is nothing complicated about this. It's a very basic inconsistency in the UI, and it really should be fixed. > and what you are suggesting should be done realistically (dictate to vendors > how they should > all be making their phones? recall all the existing phones, or leave existing > users with broken devices?) Please look at the concrete suggestions I made in my original post. Making the behavior of the Back button more consistent doesn't involve any hardware changes. It's purely a software change. Establishing a standard way of telling users when a menu is available doesn't require any hardware changes. It's purely a software change. Eliminating the Search button is a hardware change, but it's not dictating anything to phone vendors, but rather the exact opposite: it's *removing* a requirement. Currently all Android devices are required to provide a Search button, and they shouldn't be. If they'd rather get rid of that button to save space, or use the space for something more useful like a "pick up phone" button, they should be free to do so. Peter -- 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.
