Andrew Worcester

Andrew Worcester

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13 years ago @ AndroidGuys - Motorola Shadow Caught... · 0 replies · 0 points

So, it's either super fast, or it's ALSO running Froyo, and it's slower than the Nexus One.

13 years ago @ AndroidGuys - EVO's Front-Facing Cam... · 0 replies · 0 points

I know at least with my desktop video chat via Skype, the mirror setting is controled by the camera itself. I would think it'd be too processor intensive to flip this via software. So it's should really be a system setting for the front facing camera.

13 years ago @ AndroidGuys - EVO's Front-Facing Cam... · 0 replies · +1 points

Agreed, it would be nice to have it auto reverse the image when storing to memory. That would probably be easy for images and difficult for video. It would definitely be smart for them to have this be a user changeable option. I personally wouldn't think I'd use the front facing camera for taking pictures all that much due to its low resolution, but that's just me.

13 years ago @ AndroidGuys - EVO's Front-Facing Cam... · 3 replies · +2 points

Um, has anyone ever TRIED doing video chat without mirrored video?! It's disorienting, I think this was intentional and is probably switchable in the settings. Just a guess, but in my opinion, this SHOULD be the default. I mean c'mon, when you're chatting with your loved ones or friends on your phone, do you REALLY care if they are seeing a mirror image vs regular? I think it's a valid trade off.

14 years ago @ AndroidGuys - Android and You: User ... · 0 replies · +1 points

If Android was a little more aggressive with killing unused apps BEFORE resources became scarce, wouldn't that help the issue? Like if the OS always tried to keep 20% ram available and limited the CPU usage of apps running in the background. Then those limits and settings could be made available to the user in an Advanced Settings menu for prosumers. Maybe I misunderstand the problem. Not an Android user yet, but the Moto Droid will change all of that soon enough.

- Andrew

14 years ago @ AndroidGuys - Un-Ugly Me · 1 reply · +1 points

I think sometimes engineers don't understand the power of graphics because they are working with the code. They know that the graphics have absolutely NOTHING to do with the quality of the application's function. What they don't get is that we as humans judge things visually. If something looks ugly and not well put together, we're going to assume it functions as such.

I don't think this really applies to Android, because Android looks pretty good. But if Google can make it look even better....more power to them! ;-)

14 years ago @ AndroidGuys - Un-Ugly Me · 0 replies · +1 points

I do agree that the iPhone got a huge jump off the line due to Apple's following. However that can't account for it's continued success. The iPhone's success has nothing to do with being different, it has everything to do with being a polished experience. Graphics aren't everything, but they ARE important. If the iPhone came out looking like Windows 3.1, I would wager that it would have been less successful.

I guess it sort of depends on how you define an "interface". I see it as the graphics, simplicity or complexity of the GUI, quality of the graphics, responsiveness, etc. All these work together to provide a user experience. If one of these pieces is severely lacking, the whole house of cards will fall.

Personally, I think Google chose to start small on purpose. It has given them time to make changes and refinements prior to hitting mass market. The market has had some time to mature, the software has had time to mature, etc. I think their release on TMO is equivalent to them releasing Android in public Beta. :-)