роботы в поле
15:42 | 30-01-2012 | Google, Hardware, Software | 1 Comment
у меня завалялось несколько чудесных цитат, собранных теперь уже и не помню зачем, — но удалить все равно жалко, а пристроить особенно больше и некуда. так что пусть живут памятником, для будущих сравнений:
- о том, что встречалось неооднократно в разных отзывах:
Android’s stock browser, Browser, is trash compared to Mobile Safari. It is slow (often to the point of being unusable), renders sites poorly all too often, and is generally a bad experience. And I’m letting the atrociousness of the Droid family of fonts slide.
- о Nook Color:
The form factor is the biggest problem for me, since I find it impossible to use a soft keyboard on a 7″ tablet in anything other than portrait mode, and even then thumb-typing on Android feels slower than on my iPhone or iPod, not due to the keyboard or dictionary but to the rather gauche selection and editing UI.
I can type properly on my iPad (i.e., with multiple fingers) in both landscape and portrait, but the Android keyboard is harder to use on landscape than the iPad’s on portrait, and tapping to select, copy or paste is much slower and finicky on Android than on iOS.
- об Amazon Market:
By most accounts, dealing with Amazon is actually much worse for developers than dealing with Apple. By putting your app in the Amazon Appstore, you’re giving up a lot more control than Apple asks of us: you’re giving up the ability to set your own price and control your app’s description, among many other restrictions. By comparison, it makes Apple look almost… open.
- о Galaxy Nexus:
But my overall impression after using Android for a week was that of being underwhelmed. Though the operating system is functional and advanced in certain areas, it still has an overarching feel of still being immature. Moreover, there was nothing on Android that made me feel more empowered compared to using my iPhone.
Sure, there are bits of the Android OS that I like and appreciate, but never once was I wowed or delighted. Which is unfortunate, because those are important elements when you are using a device day in and day out every day of the year.
- и самая лучшая, о смерти Adobe Flash для мобильных платформ:
While we have good relationships on all levels of this ecosystem, having to do specific work for different combinations of OS, Hardware and event components has taken a significant amount of resources. For each new device, browser and operating system released, the resources required to develop, test and maintain the Flash Player also increases. This is something that we realized is simply not scalable or sustainable.
как говорится, так они и жили.
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