Thread: The future of your Nokia Windows phone
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wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-03-01 , 15:34
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#192
Originally Posted by ndi View Post
I think that THIS is the future of OSs, everywhere. An UI that is simple enough to use by monkeys, with a huge machinery behind that that beginner never sees.
And if the WP7/iOS design is any indication, we will always be treated like beginners.

And ultimately, iOS is the leader and has some nice things that obviously work. It makes sense that everyone follow the path, you don't expect manufacturers to see that simplicity sells and run in the other direction.
No, but I would like the complexity to be left as an option, something wholly opposed by Apple and Microsoft.

This is what people want, simple, clean UI with eye candy and alll the pro stuff tucked away. But not inaccesible.
Well, no. Most people don't give a damn about the pro stuff, and as such Apple and Microsoft are using that as an excuse to lock you in a box that has no access to it. All the "pro" stuff instead is sold to developers for $100 a year + %30 of sales, and unless you agree to their terms you are unwelcome. Android presses against that trend, thankfully, but it too is its own form of crippling.
 

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