Wow... thats a really comprehensive, meaningful comment. Finally came to know whats so "unorganized" and "unpolished" about Android. I upped your post, but it was good enough to require a verbal vote of appreciation!
Really? It's a list of random complaints, most about Blur, and most of which are a result of the freedom apps are given and the freedom of choice that users are given. It's no more "chaos" than Windows or Mac OS X.
Just my personal preference. I don't want or need my SmartPhone to pretend to be a computer. I already have a computer. A SmartPhone just needs to do the most common tasks as efficiently and trouble free as possible. Being as it's a SmartPhone and not the constitution of my country freedom isn't really at the top of my priority list. If it was seamless I wouldn't mind just having a list of options to choose from but when we start talking about evaluating a bunch of different replacement apps/ROMs/etc I lose interest. It's too much time to invest into a device that is supposed to make my life easier.
My benchmark for SmartPhones is how difficult it is to complete some common tasks. I've found in most cases for Android that process resembles an if/then/else function. If I use app X then I do Y but only if A=2.2 && B=3.1 else I just give up and decide it's not worth the effort. I would prefer to just learn the one, maybe two, ways of possibly doing it and adapt. I don't need to modify the device to adapt to my every whim in part because that assumes I actually know exactly how I want it to work. I really don't. I want the OS to figure some of those things out for me.
drivebyacct2|14 years ago
jsz0|14 years ago
My benchmark for SmartPhones is how difficult it is to complete some common tasks. I've found in most cases for Android that process resembles an if/then/else function. If I use app X then I do Y but only if A=2.2 && B=3.1 else I just give up and decide it's not worth the effort. I would prefer to just learn the one, maybe two, ways of possibly doing it and adapt. I don't need to modify the device to adapt to my every whim in part because that assumes I actually know exactly how I want it to work. I really don't. I want the OS to figure some of those things out for me.