2009/1/5 The Rasterman Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> > why take something with high accuracy and make it nice an inaccurate by > reducing its resolution to basically 5 levels?
For simplicity, for unobtrusiveness, and for conformity with standard phone UI practice, I'd guess. The typical 4-bar meter is good at a split-second's glance, yet takes up very little room. Sure, it can be made clickable if you want the detail, but for a quick glance, it's a good compromise, IMO. Plus it make the phone easier to explain to Grandma :) Anyway, is it really "something with high accuracy"? I'd be interested to know whether the reading Michele is getting takes into account S/N ratio or not. Sam
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