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2007-11-11 , 03:50
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#77
Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Ugh . . . non-native resolution and fragmenting the interface at least doubling development work. Yeah, this post is rife with bad ideas.

What really needs to happen is the UI rules for Hildon need to be hammered down in a way that's as useful as possible for a device of this form factor and these rules need to be followed.

Hildon is basically taking a full linux ui and making it kinda iphone like... why would you need it otherwise.

The good side is that its pretty usable now...
The bad side is that it is custom user interface they are hoping to get developers on board for... and for a ARM architecture.

Hildon puritanism is one thing... but some folks will want full power and some folks will want easy interface.... you either fragment your user interface approach or you fragment your customer base. I dont think it would be that difficult to redesign those few apps i mentioned anyways and put a name/rules to that 'style' of big button applications that already exist... the very standards you probably think are 'ironing out' hildon.