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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: 3, Informative) by Appalbarry on Tuesday May 15 2018, @03:21PM (1 child)
I doubt I am alone in finding that Google products in general, and Android in particular, become less user friendly and more irritating with every version.
I am completely convinced that Android P will remove some things I need, hide settings that I want, and in general make my life less productive.
In particular I do not need or want "notifications" from every single app on the phone, and do not appreciate being harassed endlessly by Google Assistant nagware.
And I do not relish spending an hour or more figuring out how to turn off all of this crap.
Android has long ago become an exercise in "way too clever" over usability. Arguably some recent improvements are closer to "hold my beer, and watch this!"
The sad thing is that there were a few years when Google created genuinely innovative and useful products. Those days are long gone.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday May 15 2018, @06:56PM
I'm pretty tired of being stalked by the Google "do you want to rate this establishment we just tracked you walking into?" popups, but I had to laugh the other day when I was waiting to order at a sitdown Italian restaurant and for some reason it thought I was at a Taco Bell or something.
It's the little things in life
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"