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The reason given is:
Specifically, Google wanted to eliminate the button that lets you view all your open apps, making it easier to see your apps with a swipe.
But the underlying reason for wanting to do it comes from this quote from Dave Burke, Google's VP of engineering for Android
"Android have those three buttons at the bottom: Home, back and something else," Burke said. "And it's, it's a little too much, a little too complicated. I think of it as like walking into a room with three doors and it's like, 'which door do I go in?'"
My response to Burke would be: Well, Dave, when you walk into the room, and there's three doors, and one of them is labeled "bedroom", one of them is labeled "kitchen", and one of them is labeled "bathroom"; it's pretty easy to decide whether you're tired, hungry, or need to take a leak - so maybe you should look at having standards for labeling things.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by nobu_the_bard on Tuesday May 15 2018, @01:42PM (1 child)
How exactly does changing your three doors out for two doors and a concealed moving wall panel help you decide which to use?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tangomargarine on Tuesday May 15 2018, @06:59PM
Nobody seems to give a wet slap about discoverability anymore. The Principle of Least Astonishment? Anybody? No, instead let's have shit like secret panels that you have to mouse to a specific corner--not that there's any hint this is a thing from looking at the UI, you just have to already know--and flick the cursor a certain way to access.
Also, since this is probably their fault, fuck tablets.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"