Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed0.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Nigel Wade Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android apps development Date: Fri, 06 May 2011 09:49:34 +0100 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <92hr0uFoagU1@mid.individual.net> References: <92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VYg1tZw45/N7E9rSW33h7AUp8h6bhEf0G7pFFCSKuMBm/BxiLx Cancel-Lock: sha1:dThO5Hrj7HqqjMTR8+a93GaVvC4= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101125 SUSE/3.0.11 Thunderbird/3.0.11 In-Reply-To: <92fte3FjeiU3@mid.individual.net> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3651 On 05/05/11 16:18, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote: > On 05/05/2011 06:13, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> In message, Roedy Green >> wrote: >> >>> From the quick exploration I did, it does not even support AWT, SWT or >>> Swing. >> >> That’s right. Desktop-oriented GUIs are a waste of time on an ultramobile >> device, as Microsoft found out with Windows Mobile. > > Only this year. The writing had been on the wall for many years, Microsoft just chose bury their heads in the sand, presumably thinking their monopoly of the desktop would carry them through. It's only really since the iPhone eclipsed the rest of the smartphone market, and caused it to wake up, that Microsoft actually thought they might need to do something. > A bit down the line and Tablets will be as powerful as today's desktop. > It's not about power, it's simple ergonomics. You can't operate a device with megapixel resoultion using a fat-finger. Windows Mobile requires a stylus, and that's not practical or desirable. A desktop GUI designed for operation by mouse/pointer and keyboard ain't going to work on a finger driven display. It requires a complete rethink, and redesign of the human interface. That's what Apple did, and got right, whilst Microsoft failed to do anything. -- Nigel Wade