ericthehalfbee

cropr said:

nunzy said:

This is why the devs always come out with the iOS version of an app before they come out with the Android version, and lots of them never even bother to make an Android version.

And the iOS version is always much better quality than the Android version.

Owning an app development company, I can only disagree.   All our apps are simultaneously developed for Android and iOS and there is absolutely no difference in quality between the 2 versions. 

We also develop apps on request for 3rd parties.   I think it was in 2013 we got the last request for an iOS only app. 

Irrelevant. Yours is the case for many, but doesn’t change the fact that overall developers still favor iOS. Or the fact that overall iOS Apps are superior (esp tablet Apps which are a complete joke on Android).

avon b7 said:

nunzy said:

This is why the devs always come out with the iOS version of an app before they come out with the Android version, and lots of them never even bother to make an Android version.

And the iOS version is always much better quality than the Android version.

Android cannot survive much longer. They tried to kill the iPhone, but they failed.

You need to dig a little deeper. The article deliberately played down the bigger issue and as a result only used the word Android once.

That should have put you on alert.

However, you jumped in and used it four times in three very short paragraphs!

This piece isn't really about Android. It is about the Google Play store. When it says the Google Play Store isn't available in China but the App Store is, didn't it occur to you that removing China from any smartphone tally would seriously distort the numbers?

The linked article only compares Google's and Apple's stores. It doesn't compare Android with iOS in any meaningful way.

In 2016, non-Play Store Android app revenue was sitting at 10 billion dollars. In 2017 it was expected to double and combined Android app at revenues were expected to surpass Apple App Store revenue:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/29/app-annie-android-to-top-ios-in-app-store-revenue-this-year/

Now, I don't know the figures for the first half of 2018 for combined Android app store revenue nor the Apple figures without the China numbers but if you want a meaningful platform comparison, the numbers really should take Apple's China revenues off the total or add non-Play Store Android app revenue onto the total.

More bullshit from you-know-know. It’s funny how hypocritical you Android fans are.

Third party Android stores are rife with malware and other security issues. The Android fans answer to this is “Google Play is safe and if you get something by downloading a third party App you only have yourself to blame. Stick to Google Play.”

Yet when they want to compare revenues (to desperately try to come up with a “win” against iOS), suddenly third party stores are included (ALL of Android).

The problem for her is that she wants as much of the software to translate as possible, including keyboard shortcuts.

The reason why the Microsoft Surface (and other Windows "tablets") are horrible to use as tablets is precisely because of this attitude. People are stuck with the idea you need to use keyboard shortcuts (or the same menu structures) as a normal desktop App without trying to imagine different ways of interacting on a touch device.

In her example, she uses Option and Right Click (this seems to be common as people often use Shift, Right Click or Option in combination with other actions in Photoshop).

So why not have the keys she uses the most appear on the screen when she selects a tool to use? They can stay hidden most of the time (keeping your screen clear) and appear only when needed. Further, you don't even need to have the virtual "key" work as a standard key (meaning you press and hold when performing an action - like dragging). You could tap once to turn it on and then tap again to turn it off when finished. So instead of having one hand tied up on your keyboard holding a single key down you can now use that hand for others tasks (gestures with your fingers while also using the stylus).

A well-designed tablet App will have a UI that dynamically changes under your fingers as you use the device. Not being constrained to keeping one hand on a keyboard opens up all sorts of possibilities for interaction. 

bestkeptsecret said:

matrix077 said:

rogifan_new said:

Federico Viticci is going nuts over this on social media. But then he is a heavy workflow/scripting user. I can’t see how the average iOS user is going to understand or want to spend the time creating workflows. Developers seem to be all over this but part of me wonders is this Apple just outsourcing making Siri better to users? Of course no one is forced to use it but if no one other than tech nerds who listen to ATP or Connected podcast use it what good will it be? Hopefully Apple will have a bunch of pre-built workflows that can be easily customized. Or at some point there is a workflow store similar to the Amazon skill store.

It has library so anyone can share & import someone else Shortcuts. That’s supposedly how it works. You don’t have to create one yourself. 

How well all this will work? Who knows. And it looks like sharing isn’t working in this beta. 

Essentially, this should be akin to the Alexa Skills, right?

I think this is superior to Alexa Skills. For one, since this is from Apple you have access to everything on your device (third party Apps don't have this kind of access). That makes it far more useful than Alexa could ever be on your device. Secondly, Apple is allowing developers to use this. That means all those Apps in The App Store could now have their functionality incorporated into shortcuts. The sheer scope of this goes way beyond what Alexa can do.

KITA said:

Argument? If that's what you see, then folly indeed. I've been only posting facts about the A11, it's ability to sustain load and its known TDP values for the large cores. I haven't suggested that "Apple needs to redesign" it's SoC. Everything is speculation based on the current facts and the apparent benchmark values we've been provided with in Appleinsider's post.

You're only posting facts?

Bullshit.

You're carefully selecting a few key tests where the A11 doesn't perform as good, and condemning the entire SoC because of it. It's why you keep linking those same tests over and over and over as if repeating yourself makes it true.

Here's a few other slides from AnandTech.

And here's a great one just for you. This shows the throttling of various devices and indeed the 835 does throttle very little. However, you're missing the point. These are smartphones, not laptops or desktops. Sustained performance isn't nearly as critical as burst performance and race-to-sleep. An A11 or 845 throttled has the same performance as an 835. An A11 or 845 running under normal circumstances will mop the floor with an 835. And this is what's really important. In the worst case scenario an A11 could slow down to the same speed as an 835. For the rest of the time it's waaaaaaaaay ahead. So you can stop with your stupid posts about throttling as if they're somehow relevant.

And one last one. This is on the S9 equipped with the 845. Not only is it throttled, but you're warned about overheating. I don't think I've ever received such a warning on an iPhone, and I benchmark/stress test mine regularly.