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2007-10-11 , 23:33
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
It may be finger friendly, but I'm quite certain that it is not as consistent as the fanboi crowd wants us to believe.
it has inconsistencies, but not real show stoppers and it is well thought out.

Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
You can't have it both ways: If Nokia dictates how developers should make their applications look and feel, it can no longer be called an open platform.
Of course it can. As long as they don't stop you from making it how you want to make it, they can say what they want. And I think they should.

Making something consistent is just a matter of making it really easy to do it the 'right way' and harder to do it differently. That way if you want to do it differently then you still can, but if you don't then you don't get it wrong accidentally.


Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
That's how open platforms work: without central control. Like it or leave it...
That last one was no joke; we're dealing with the fundamental philosophy of openness here: the developer is free to do what he wants. Period.
The developer should always be free to do what he wants, as long as he is doing it intentionally. Then it is up to the user of the software to decide if they want the software that works differently to the rest of the system. If they do it would thrive, and if not then it would probably die.