Microsoft seems clear that a huge volume of feedback supports controls on the bottom: "*Without a doubt, the highest volume of dissatisfaction we’ve heard about Outlook Mail and Calendar for phones has been that **people really like and really miss the Windows Phone 8 pattern of having most commands at the bottom of the screen**, with an appbar that shows titles with the icons. We’re happy to let you know we’re not moving away from that pattern—the builds you’ve seen have an incomplete implementation of the “command bar” from Office and in the coming weeks you’ll see most of the commands back in a familiar-but-updated control at the bottom.*"
http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2015/04/29/windows-10-design-getting-the-balance-right On Monday, April 27, 2015 at 9:22:15 PM UTC-5, Jake Weisz wrote: > > So "Google said we should" is the extent of logic for torching UI elements > that work in favor of ones that don't. Got it. I guess it's already been > clarified via response to Github issue #624 that the prevailing design > notion is to torch users' experiences and see how many find the Github (or > eventually the mailing list) and complain, rather than respect the > apparently two million users who trust their most critical application > choice to you. > > On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 5:57:13 PM UTC-5, Philip wrote: >> >> On Monday, 20 April 2015 06:30:12 UTC+1, Jake Weisz wrote: >>> >>> My request is that the K-9 organization drastically reconsiders any >>> notion to "update" the existing K-9 app to Material Design >>> >> >> You do realise that the "K-9 Organisation" consists of 2 or 3 people who >> write the code in their spare time, and give it away for free? They will >> provide the things that interest/motivate them. If you don't like that, >> then you had better start honing your coding skills. >> >> (Personally, I can't see any reason for the developers to continue to >> support platforms like V4 which will soon be obsolete. Most people that I >> know change phones every 6 months or so, so by the end of 2015 it will only >> be a small Luddite fringe who are still holding on to Android 4 devices. >> Lollipop/Material is the current offering from Google, and in term of >> future-proofing, that's what I would be developing for. No doubt Android >> versions 6, 7, 8 and beyond will introduce new user interface elements - >> you'll just have to learn to live with it). >> -- >> Philip >> > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the K-9 Mail Users List. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, email [email protected] To report an issue with K-9 Mail, visit http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/issues/list For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/k-9-mail --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
