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  1. rotation rotation

    Why is it, that in your mobile phone squabbles, no-one mentions Android's continuing genocide of buttons?

    Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:29:13 UTC from web
    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

      @rotation Nobody uses buttons any more. Touch screens are the future, man.

      Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:30:04 UTC from web
      1. rotation rotation

        @redenchilada I forgot that you had a hand span of 4mm.

        Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:31:03 UTC from web
        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

          @rotation whut

          Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:31:30 UTC from web
          1. rotation rotation

            @redenchilada You need little baby hands to use a touchscreen.

            Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:32:21 UTC from web
            1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @rotation Nonsense. My sausage fingers operate it just fine.

              Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:33:06 UTC from web
    2. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

      @rotation Windows Phone mandates 3 buttons. Only one of them is any use though.

      Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:30:46 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
      1. rotation rotation

        @ceruleanspark Android started with 6. They're rapidly approaching zero.

        Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:31:49 UTC from web
        1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

          @rotation Six? Home, Back, Search, Menu and the roller makes 5 interface buttons by my count.

          Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:32:37 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
          1. rotation rotation

            @ceruleanspark The two 'phone' buttons. I didn't count the nub thing, volume or camera.

            Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:33:48 UTC from web
            1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

              @rotation Or the full keyboard hidden behind the screen.

              Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:34:33 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
        2. Scribble Scribble

          @rotation @ceruleanspark My old one had 11 buttons. Just on the front.

          Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:33:35 UTC from web
          1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

            @scribble What phone was THAT

            Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:34:50 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
            1. Scribble Scribble

              @ceruleanspark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_5

              Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:37:13 UTC from web
        3. Bit Shift Bit Shift

          @rotation Except they're just moving into software, with the option still there to do them in hardware and hide the on-screen bit. And the core functions (home/back/menu) are staying for good, though the last, if no physical buttons, becomes a dropdown rather than a regular button.

          Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:34:57 UTC from IdentiCurse
          1. rotation rotation

            @bitshift Hardware is far more reliable than software. The amount of times the touchscreen has failed to recognise my intention far outnumbers any issue I've had with any buttons.

            Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:36:38 UTC from web
            1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

              @rotation Which is why the option for manufacturers to do them in hardware remains. If a manufacturer both makes bad touchscreens, and insists on doing it the software way, you can simply avoid them.

              Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:37:51 UTC from IdentiCurse
              1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                @bitshift This is every android manufacturer.

                Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:41:52 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                1. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                  @ceruleanspark Except that it isn't.

                  Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:42:46 UTC from IdentiCurse
                  1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                    @bitshift @redenchilada Android Touchscreen response has always been less-than-stellar for me, even on higher end handsets. I don't know if this is a software driver thing, or a touchscreen thing, or what. All I know is that using android software keyboards left me with the idea that software keyboards THEMSELVES are bad. I also find web-navigation much more finicky on Android than iOS (Or even WebOS), requring either ludicrous zoom levels or fantastically precsie taps.

                    Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:45:27 UTC from StatusNet Desktop
                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @ceruleanspark Yeah, I've had that issue. I've had it just as bad on iOS, though. It's mostly a matter of web layouts not being designed for the average sausage finger.

                      Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:50:45 UTC from web
                2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                  @ceruleanspark >implying the Galaxy's touchscreen is bad. Yeah you have no idea what you're talking about.

                  Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:42:51 UTC from web
                  1. rotation rotation

                    @redenchilada This one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_SII Yeah, it's just as bad as the others.

                    Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:51:02 UTC from web
                    1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                      @rotation I don't know what to tell you then. It works insanely well for me.

                      Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:53:00 UTC from web
                      1. rotation rotation

                        @redenchilada Must be your tiny hands.

                        Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:53:24 UTC from web
                        1. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

                          @rotation I'm telling you, I have some of the biggest hands out of people I know. You just have to _aim_ your taps.

                          Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:54:28 UTC from web
                    2. Bit Shift Bit Shift

                      @rotation Hahaha, no. I've got that phone, and it is _definitely_ not a bad touchscreen.

                      Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:53:52 UTC from IdentiCurse
            2. RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)

              @rotation Sounds like a bad touch screen?

              Thursday, 19-Apr-12 10:38:21 UTC from web