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Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
Gerbick/Marxian, just bumping these 3x posts, if you've got a minute, cheers!



Oh I know, there are cases of this happening...
But are they not isolated incidents relating to shortages in local service centres?*
Nokia hasn't yet switched completely to "anything but N900" has it?

Even if it has, my points about the N900 support being quite different to the N9 remain.
"If" if the N9 sells better, & "if" Nokia doesn't try to kill it sooner in spite of that.
And the N900 actually 1st came out, as early as August/Sept didn't it?

*i.e. because of having to wait many more weeks than initially intended, customers are offered a N8/E7 as an alternative.

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Surely an exaggeration? At least for N9's running the latest builds.

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Isn't the live apps screen basically just a homescreen with widgets*, I dont get what the problems is?
Yes in some ways it's a backward step from Maemo, but certainly not compared to iOS or stock Android.



Yeah why not make the application list also the multi-tasking list, & thus reduce the homescreens to 2.
You could make it clear which apps are running, by making them brighter or similar.
But I guess such an approach would bring some of it's own usability problems.

What don't you like about the grid of icons in the application list, how's it any diff to Maemo?

*better in some respects, because it's the actual app, not an abstraction of it.
There are a couple of problems with using the live multitasking vs homescreen widgets:

1. The live multitasking is less flexible. Neither the user nor the developer can choose the size of the 'tile' or where it is located. The latter could be an issue when there a large number of applications running.

2. The live multitasking view is non-interactive, so you can't replicate the features of a search widget or media widget, for example.

The point regarding the icon grid is that it's an inefficient method of finding your chosen application, once you have a large number installed. It should only be required as a last resort, for those applications that you don't often use. One of the complaints about the iPhone is that users have to frequently scroll through a long list of applications. Meego-Harmattan adopts a similar approach, and exacerbates the problem by omitting the option to save bookmarks within the browser application (at least in the version I'm using). If you have 50 web bookmarks plus a large number of applications, it's going to be a PITA.

These issues aren't dealbreakers, they just make the UX less flexible than what I prefer, but I'm happy with the general concept of swiping to minimise/close applications, because it works well. Marko Ahtisaari explains what I dislike about the UX in a single sentence: “I know we have out simplified the iPhone”.

I can't justify buying one, but I will be happy to receive a free N9 (64GB version, please), if I can win one via the Meego Coding Competition.
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