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Huawei Watch
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Re: Huawei Watch
#132Hard to tell, is it a mechanical watch with a digital overlay?
Re: Huawei Watch
#133Doesn't it bother anyone else that what's on that page (and in the video) doesn't really resemble the real thing[1]? This happened with another company -- I want to say LG -- and their renders were very optimistic views of the real thing, hiding the bezel and depth of the screen as well as falsely depicting how sharp the screen would look.
[1] http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/3/8140837/huawei-watch-design...
Re: Huawei Watch
#134Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think what's unusual about Apple here is: 1. How vehement their condemnation is (especially since, in retrospect, they're already busy working on exactly what they're condeming), 2. How quickly and comprehensively they flip the story when their version is ready and 3. How predictable this pattern is for them. Given past experience, I almost expect Apple to be working on actual toaster-fridges in a skunkworks projec…
I can't think of any instances of them vehemently condemning anything as a company. Some executive making snarky comments at a press event doesn't count, even if it spawns a gazillion outraged Reddit comments, and even if those snarky comments come from a co-founder of the company who was not known for his tact. In any event, just because an executive makes an abrasive comment about something doesn't mean that the ot…
Don't forget "Redmond, Start Your Copiers" hung from banners draped all over WWDC one year. That was pretty juvenile.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because they didn't bother rethink/adapt the UI (yet).
Still doesn't make much sense. The vast majority of text humans read is displayed on rectangular surfaces.
Majority isn't a good argument you know. Let them explore. Personally too thick and square watches repel me, and I don't intend to read Shakespeare from my wrist either. 2 'full length' rows at the center are probably enough text to read.
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#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
While it sucks, why didn't you just try the arrow keys? Works perfectly fine.
Perhaps because there's a dozen ways to scroll a web page and we shouldn't have to try every method until we find one that works?
I'm not defending their decision, it sucks that they did it like this.
But reading the comments, people seem genuinely interested in the product but leave the page because they think it is "impossible" to navigate it? Come on..
How many ways to scroll a webpage are there anyway? Wheel/trackpad, space and key down. Are there more? Even if there is, these are the ones you'll obviously try first.
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#137From the recent New Yorker profile of Jonny Ive: > The shape of the body, meanwhile, barely changed: a rectangle with rounded corners. “When a huge part of the function is lists ”—of names, or appointments—“a circle doesn’t make any sense,” Ive said. Its final form resembles one of Newson’s watches, and the Cartier Santos, from 1904. I think circular watches, in principle, look a lot nicer (certainly in ads), but tha…
I think circular watches, in principle, look a lot nicer It's worth mentioning that the roundness of watches came from their history of being miniaturised clocks, which standardised on the analogue dial with rotating hands for its display. Making the watch round to fit its display made sense, and people got used to round watches as being the norm. Looking at it that way, a round smartwatch seems like an anachronism;…
Physical comfort plays into the round design, and the cycling nature of our time-standards feeds into how we choose to display it.
(my 360 has a 'bezel' which rotates to show daylight and appointments at TDC, for example, and it's not really skeuomprphic or overly fancy)
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#138And this picture which is actually on huawei site as the part of the promo (!) illustrates the best why Jony Ive said (1) that "a circle doesn't make any sense" for a smartwatch: http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/worldwide/huawei-watch/a... ---- 1) http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/shape-things-co...
This takes a page from Metro's (now Modern UI) truncating semantics: if it's truncated, it means there is a continuation and you can scroll it.
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#139Wondering if the stainless steel case might not affect the Bluetooth radio performance…
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#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
Perhaps because there's a dozen ways to scroll a web page and we shouldn't have to try every method until we find one that works?
I'm not defending their decision, it sucks that they did it like this. But reading the comments, people seem genuinely interested in the product but leave the page because they think it is "impossible" to navigate it? Come on.. How many ways to scroll a webpage are there anyway? Wheel/trackpad, space and key down. Are there more? Even if there is, these are the ones you'll obviously try first.
Page up/down, the scroll bar, click-and-drag to select and scroll are three more off the top of my head.
Also, in the land of UX, your "obviously" is not always everybody else's.