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Method of Madness:
See, people want different things. I want the option to easily open things, because if I want to see what's in them, I'll open them. I have no need for my mail to be on the main screen if I can just open the mail program to read my mail. I honestly don't see the appeal in your layout. That being said, Android has tons of what are called widgets that basically do that, I just don't see the need to use them for anything but the weather (and a button that makes it easy to turn the phone into a flashlight).
Masterpiece:
it takes a second to open the app. I keep it open anyway, since I get a lot of work e-mails. But I also get on a glance updates to who wrote me, and what it's about.
Masterpiece:
anyway, I'm gonna go off this thread for now, I'm tired, I'm grumpy, I don't want to get on your bad sides, and I need to work tomorrow.
But I want to talk and I promise I will listen. Just, not today.
mtmerrick:
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 15 Apr 2013, 18:05 ---Apps feel like they're tacked on, without much thought, and that ruins the entire experience for me..
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what does this even mean. :psyduck: apps on android are no different than software on any other OS. sure, they vary. though not as much as on, say, windows.
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 15 Apr 2013, 18:05 ---Despite you having 2GB of RAM (that's HALF OF WHAT I GOT IN MY PC), your screens still stutter when scrolling too quickly.
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that's absolute BS. android lag was vanquished so long ago its just a myth now.
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 15 Apr 2013, 18:05 ---And the concept of an app drawer, a grid of icons that say absolutely nothing about their content, is just starting to be so ugly in my eyes that I turn away every device I know now.
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so.... the windows 8 "all apps" screen is enough to turn you off from windows 8? :psyduck: cuz its the same concept. i prefer a grid to a list, but i can change it to a list if i want. but most of the time i don't need to go into the app drawer at all, just like you rarely need to go into the "all apps" screen on windows 8.
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 15 Apr 2013, 18:05 ---I suppose I am a Microsoft fanboy. I know saying this will probably get me feathered and hushed out of this forum quicker than I can say "open-source", but.. eh! I don't know what more to say!
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there's a difference between a Microsoft Fanboy and a MetroUI fanboy. which one are you?
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 15 Apr 2013, 18:05 ---Please DO prove me wrong, because at this moment, I really don't see it. I don't see Android as what it is.
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clearly.
--- Quote from: Masterpiece on 15 Apr 2013, 18:26 ---it takes a second to open the app. I keep it open anyway, since I get a lot of work e-mails. But I also get on a glance updates to who wrote me, and what it's about.
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as method said, we have a widget for that. just like you have 1x1 static tiles, and larger "live" tiles, we have static icons and interactive widgets.
Method of Madness:
I'm the opposite, I definitely prefer an alphabetized list, which is why I only have one page of apps/widgets. If it's not there, it's easier for me to go to the all apps list than to remember where and on what page a particular program is. Also, I really am starting to dislike the word "app". When did we start calling them applications instead of programs?
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