Post #396,569
11/24/14 2:32:09 AM
11/24/14 2:54:02 AM
|
I've bailed
The straw that broke the camel's back was when my alarm went off at 0600 today and, in my sleep-befuddled state, dismissing it was a bit of a pain in the arse.
SIM card is back in the 1020, and the N5 will be on eBay this week.
I'll miss the 1080p screen and Google Now, but pretty much everything else works better for me on Windows Phone - especially things with lists - like my contacts, my email, my messages. And especially the calendar. Google really fucked that up.
Edited by pwhysall
Nov. 24, 2014, 02:54:02 AM EST
|
Post #396,574
11/24/14 6:59:38 AM
|
Thanks for the reports. Sorry it didn't work out.
|
Post #396,576
11/24/14 7:51:54 AM
|
It's disappointing, really.
Material Design was starting to grow on me, but there were too many things that required too many taps/swipes to get to.
What's frustrating is that Google really can do nice software when they try. They just don't seem to try very often.
It's clear that a boatload of usability work went into Google Now, because that whole thing is slicker than snot. Ditto for Inbox.
Presumably those usability people were down the pub when the calendar was being designed. The camera app wants to be the Nokia Camera app so hard it hurts, but it so isn't. The settings are still all over the place - sound is particularly bad for being smeared out across the settings in ways that are technically correct (the best kind of correct!) but which are user-hostile if the use case is "OH MY GOD WILL THIS PHONE EVER SHUT THE FUCK UP?". You turn off app sounds here. You turn off keyboard sounds there. You turn off notification sounds over here. You have to go into the FB messenger app to get it to STFU because it doesn't (seem to) respect the system-wide notification thinger.
Reloading a page in Chrome is a swipe up to get the menu/address thing to appear, a tap on the three dots, and a tap. Seriously?
Android is a lot better than it used to be, of that there is no doubt. But stacked up directly against WP 8.1? For me, the only advantage it's got is first-mover advantage, IMHO. MS dropped the mobile ball in spectacular style, and Android has exploited that to the max.
|
Post #396,577
11/24/14 8:08:36 AM
|
Does the microphone clip?
One of the apps I really like on mine is a SPL app for measuring noise. Unfortunately, on my Nexus 4, it clips at 80 dB. How is it on the 5? https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.sira.soundIt's things like this that make me nervous about buying a new phone. One really doesn't know about the hardware limitations until one has used it for a while... Yeah, there are lots of annoyances that they need to fix, like the browser refresh thingy. I generally do it by a quick short down swipe to get the address bar, tap the address bar to get the keyboard to appear, then click the Go button. One that gripes me is on really long pages (e.g. a long comment thread on Balloon-Juice) is there doesn't seem to be a way to quickly get up to the top or bottom of the page. I have to scroll and scroll and scroll and scroll. Really? I generally have my phone on vibrate all the time because I haven't figured out the various sound things yet. Fortunately, I almost never get calls, but I agree that needs to be fixed. Google Now is neat, but I haven't figured out how to customize it, so I generally never use it. The "20 minutes to work, 2 more than usual" notification thingy is nice, if a little creepy. Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
|
Post #396,579
11/24/14 8:58:25 AM
|
The browser refresh spawned tons of hate
There used to be a refresh button on the toolbar. When it went away dozens of people reported it as a bug on Google's help group. Google replied, "Nope, we meant to do that." Thousands of angry comments later they haven't budged.
|
Post #396,580
11/24/14 9:46:18 AM
|
Apple isn't the only one that does "we know better".
Historically they're much better at it than Google, however. Regards,
-scott
Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.
|
Post #396,591
11/24/14 3:28:47 PM
|
They all try it at some point.
IBM used to do it. MS was the poster-child for it. Adobe has fits of it. Even Canonical did it.
Wade.
|
Post #396,596
11/24/14 4:34:34 PM
|
But none of those made the "definition of open" tweet
|
Post #396,597
11/24/14 8:17:09 PM
|
Ouch.
|
