Steve Troughton-SmithMay 11, 2023
Catching up on the new things announced at Google I/O; I used to really enjoy my few Nexus-branded Android devices back in the day, but wow I really don't even know what Android is anymore, other than not-iPhone. There's just nothing about that OS, design language or ecosystem that appeals to me anymore. It doesn't feel like it's going anywhere, it just … *exists* 😅 Really sad we never got to see a Windows Phone 11 with the new design direction. Material You is just a huge swing and a miss to me
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@stroughtonsmith Do you feel like iOS design is "going somewhere"? I similarly dabbled with Android for a few years but have been on iOS since the iPhone XR. To me, it feels like iOS design has also been stagnant (albeit it considerably better than Android).
May 12, 2023 at 1:58pmWeb
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@Lightsout565 if I'm building an iOS app, I can expand it to iPad, (iPad Pro w/ keyboard/mouse & external display), Mac, and soon AR headset. So many opportunities to make powerful, complex apps that people will buy, and a long runway. There's very little of that worth doing on the other side. There's a motion vector — it's not just stuck on a single device type