Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
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Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#2I love how the first example the article cites is Apple's innovative and new RoundRects: "In Hipmunk's iOS app, left, pop-overs have rounded corners, something that's more challenging on Android."
http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E...
Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#3I love how the first example the article cites is Apple's innovative and new RoundRects: "In Hipmunk's iOS app, left, pop-overs have rounded corners, something that's more challenging on Android." http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E...
Also think the example is bogus - the Android style for popovers, menus etc in ICS just isn't very rounded. The Android app matches the android style...
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#4Sounds like a load of FUD. Fragmentation can cause issues, but it's hardly the nightmare it's portrayed to be in this article.
Speaking as a game developer, if you can't make your software fit in more than one resolution then you're headed for trouble anyway.
Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#5I love how the first example the article cites is Apple's innovative and new RoundRects: "In Hipmunk's iOS app, left, pop-overs have rounded corners, something that's more challenging on Android." http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E...
Also think the example is bogus - the Android style for popovers, menus etc in ICS just isn't very rounded. The Android app matches the android style...
I think the point is that flourishes like rounded corners and smooth transitions are objectively better, in the same sense that fonts with subpixel rendering and progress bars for long operations (as opposed to a looping animation) are objectively better.
Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#6I love how the first example the article cites is Apple's innovative and new RoundRects: "In Hipmunk's iOS app, left, pop-overs have rounded corners, something that's more challenging on Android." http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E...
Rounded corners have always bugged me because they're always, always aliased in some way. The 'line' just isn't optically smooth, it's approximated. I personally prefer a clean corner to an approximated curve.
Similarly, in the first example, while I like the transparency effect (probably not for a map), I hate the current trend to have everything 'shine' when it shouldn't. Much as I'm not particularly keen on Win 8, I do like their idea of being 'authentically digital'. In the first example, I'd much prefer to use the UI on the right - even the text looks clearer (it's just not "whoah, cool, printed in glass!")
Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#7I love how the first example the article cites is Apple's innovative and new RoundRects: "In Hipmunk's iOS app, left, pop-overs have rounded corners, something that's more challenging on Android." http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E...
Rounded corners have always bugged me because they're always, always aliased in some way. The 'line' just isn't optically smooth, it's approximated. I personally prefer a clean corner to an approximated curve. Similarly, in the first example, while I like the transparency effect (probably not for a map), I hate the current trend to have everything 'shine' when it shouldn't. Much as I'm not particularly keen on Win 8,…
On 'retina displays' -- iPhone 4/4S and iPad 3 -- a curved line is, for all practical purposes, smooth. And it's not as if Android is made of only straight lines.
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#8Why are we still creating apps? Can't these optical nuances can be achieved on both devices using HTML5 and CSS3 and run them in the browser of any modern device?
(I'm legitimately asking, I don't know the answer)
Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#9I love how the first example the article cites is Apple's innovative and new RoundRects: "In Hipmunk's iOS app, left, pop-overs have rounded corners, something that's more challenging on Android." http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Round_Rects_Are_E...
Rounded corners have always bugged me because they're always, always aliased in some way. The 'line' just isn't optically smooth, it's approximated. I personally prefer a clean corner to an approximated curve. Similarly, in the first example, while I like the transparency effect (probably not for a map), I hate the current trend to have everything 'shine' when it shouldn't. Much as I'm not particularly keen on Win 8,…
Always aliased? I often make 1-pixel or 3-pixel cut off corners. It's not strictly round since I'm not aliasing it, but it looks nice.
Re: Why iOS Apps Look Better Than Android Apps
#10Why are we still creating apps? Can't these optical nuances can be achieved on both devices using HTML5 and CSS3 and run them in the browser of any modern device? (I'm legitimately asking, I don't know the answer)
Because it's easier to charge for apps. And actually get paid.
Also, these are phones -- performance is still important.
Also, can't do infinity blade in HTML 5.
Also, the UI and experience are better in apps.