oh yes please.
also fix the fact that it moves and changes the order of things all the bloody time. that drives me nuts!
Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI
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Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI
#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
sure, but... why on earth is it there in the first place? why, after years of not going to a website, is it suddenly becoming the first suggestion, topping sites I visit daily/hourly? much like the android stuff in the original article, it's just broken, and is a poor experience.
I wasn’t disagreeing with you! It’s annoying as hell. I just wanted to share the fix I came across when I also hit this problem.
Thanks :)
Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly. There are Slack channels that I share to almost every day that never show up at all. I don't know what they're doing, but it's an obvious failure.
well... "obvious" in what way? you're still sharing, right? essentially, we're still putting up with crappy systems because there's little other choice. And... if you stoped using it... what conclusion do they draw from that?
I think you misunderstand. There are ~8 "suggestions" at the top of the share box. Below them list all of the apps that can accept the content you're sharing. I never choose the suggestions because they're never relevant. I still have to use the sharing feature because there's no alternative. They should see in their telemetry "huh, nobody ever clicks on top top eight results...what's up with that?"
Even just basic user testing of such a fundamental part of a project--sending data between apps--would reveal what an obvious gap this is.
Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI
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There are better options if rooted, but Andmade is pretty darn good if you're not. It does feel antiquated though.
Please share the other options. I gave up on andmade a while ago because the UI badly needs a face lift.
I can't remember the specific name, but it was within the XPosed framework (which I don't know whether is still supported, I'm out of the loop).
Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI
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This is due to promotion incentives. There's a much higher chance of getting promoted if you make up something new from scratch, stamp your name all over it and then during performance review demonstrate how many users it impacted so the committee promotes you. Often times people then move on to another team right after the promotion, rinse and repeat. Even though this issue has been acknowledged internally but the a…
Maybe the ladder itself is the problem. What does a "promotion" for a software engineer even mean?
For some software engineers, a management position is considered a promotion.
Re: Google, please fix Android's slow, bloated share UI
#66I'm glad to see that Android is just as frustrating as iOS... it's just a completely different set of frustrations. (That's sarcasm). It boggles my mind that two of the richest companies on the planet can't fix this stuff. Here's my favorite iOS sharing frustration. Often I want to copy a link from Safari. Click the share icon, select copy from the share widget, switch to different app (or another Safari tab), tap pa…
>It boggles my mind that two of the richest companies on the planet can't fix this stuff.
You're suggesting that they want to fix it at all, rather than build new, shiny things.