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Introducing the new Snapchat
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Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
> And here they are, trying to add more 'features' into an app where its main feature has been inherently broken since inception. I am an Android user as well (I own a Nexus 4, 5, 6, and the 2013 wifi version of 7) and I welcome this feature. I think they will fix the Android way of doing things at some point. In fact, if I had the choice of entirely disabling the new swipe right vs a beautiful camera API experience…
Sorry what? Why would making the app actually take photos mean you have to see the Kardashians?
I believe the point mcny is making is that the developers chose to focus on the social/media split thing instead of the camera API thing. "Making the app actually take photos" means devoting resources to that instead of devoting them to this new feature they've announced today.
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a near daily snapchat user, and someone who has developed an Android app that use's the camera, I prefer it this way. I'm not using SnapChat to take super high quality pictures, but to share moments quickly. The WYSIWYG works well for that, and a lot of Android devices are super slow to take pictures. Dealing with Camera 1 vs Camera 2 Android APIs, and device specific issues is a mess, I don't blame them for takin…
So you prefer gimping your photo quality because you're too lazy to learn how the API works, and assume that your users are OK with this as well?
What kind of photo quality do you need to take a selfie to send to your BFF with cat ears drawn on?
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a near daily snapchat user, and someone who has developed an Android app that use's the camera, I prefer it this way. I'm not using SnapChat to take super high quality pictures, but to share moments quickly. The WYSIWYG works well for that, and a lot of Android devices are super slow to take pictures. Dealing with Camera 1 vs Camera 2 Android APIs, and device specific issues is a mess, I don't blame them for takin…
So you prefer gimping your photo quality because you're too lazy to learn how the API works, and assume that your users are OK with this as well?
I've used some pretty recent Android devices which take 1-2 seconds to focus and capture using the actual camera, so I see where he's coming from. Done > perfect when you're trying to capture something happening RIGHT now.
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#45Android's Camera API has existed for _literally years_ to take high-quality photos and these guys are still just taking a screenshot of the viewfinder and calling it a day. It's been like this forever and Snap has refused to fix this. I have yet to come across any other app on Android that utilizes the camera this way. The photos are complete garbage. And here they are, trying to add more 'features' into an app where…
As much as I love to hate on Snapchat, there's probably no reason to use the Camera API for high quality pictures given Snapchat's use case. And if your nudes were going to be leaked would you rather they were blurred or high-res?
as a social network whose main feature is taking photos, why wouldn't you want that to be in the best quality possible?
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a near daily snapchat user, and someone who has developed an Android app that use's the camera, I prefer it this way. I'm not using SnapChat to take super high quality pictures, but to share moments quickly. The WYSIWYG works well for that, and a lot of Android devices are super slow to take pictures. Dealing with Camera 1 vs Camera 2 Android APIs, and device specific issues is a mess, I don't blame them for takin…
So you prefer gimping your photo quality because you're too lazy to learn how the API works, and assume that your users are OK with this as well?
How often is the Venn overlap of "High Quality Photo" and "OMG Selfie!" exceedingly relevant?
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#47Android's Camera API has existed for _literally years_ to take high-quality photos and these guys are still just taking a screenshot of the viewfinder and calling it a day. It's been like this forever and Snap has refused to fix this. I have yet to come across any other app on Android that utilizes the camera this way. The photos are complete garbage. And here they are, trying to add more 'features' into an app where…
As much as I love to hate on Snapchat, there's probably no reason to use the Camera API for high quality pictures given Snapchat's use case. And if your nudes were going to be leaked would you rather they were blurred or high-res?
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Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#48Evan of Snapchat talks about “performing for your friends” as a strange “side effect” of Snapchat. But the instinct to perform is native to the Snapchat medium.
I think this is a problem.
I went to a concert a few weeks ago. The people beside me would stand still for 10 minutes and then someone would pull out Snapchat. The whole group would turn around, flash a smile and start dancing for the camera. 9 seconds later, they were back to watching the concert.
Performance is a cultural virus that affects our happiness and creates a kind of perfect self-consciousness. It’s “instant replay” for all of life. And just like in American Football, when instant replay arrives, we start to (1) glorify the spectacular, (2) hyper-analyze every angle and (3) expect more moments worthy of instant replay.
Snapchat pushes us to create more of those “replay worthy” moments. We narrate our lives according to the expectations of our “fans.” I hear 8-year-old kids yell “do it for the likes.” They are quietly subverting their self while sublimating the value of the crowd. How do I have an identity when I consistently invite other people - often strangers - to affirm my experiences?
Those concert-goers felt the need to misrepresent their experience of the concert. The 8-year-olds adjusted their behavior to optimize for likes. When I was on Snapchat, I loved seeing myself in other people’s stories. It made me feel popular. I, too, adjusted my behavior to appear more likeable on camera.
Adjusting Snapchat’s interface will do nothing to address the intrinsic ways that Snapchat reorients our relationships around performance.
Perhaps this is obvious, but family and friends should love me the way I am. Not some imaginary version of me. And Snapchat nudges me to fake it.
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#49Android's Camera API has existed for _literally years_ to take high-quality photos and these guys are still just taking a screenshot of the viewfinder and calling it a day. It's been like this forever and Snap has refused to fix this. I have yet to come across any other app on Android that utilizes the camera this way. The photos are complete garbage. And here they are, trying to add more 'features' into an app where…
I always liked that, because what you see is what you get, and it's much faster.
Re: Introducing the new Snapchat
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
As a near daily snapchat user, and someone who has developed an Android app that use's the camera, I prefer it this way. I'm not using SnapChat to take super high quality pictures, but to share moments quickly. The WYSIWYG works well for that, and a lot of Android devices are super slow to take pictures. Dealing with Camera 1 vs Camera 2 Android APIs, and device specific issues is a mess, I don't blame them for takin…
So you prefer gimping your photo quality because you're too lazy to learn how the API works, and assume that your users are OK with this as well?
Aren't the photos on Snapchat intended to be ephemeral? I'd be totally okay with potato quality if I was sharing something quickly because Snapchat isn't a photography app.
It's not as if Snapchat are a tiny company with nobody smart enough to notice there's a camera API, this is intentional.
If you want to send a quality photo to a friend, there are apps for that.