RIP Windows Phone

[Tasty]

Speaking of smartphones: https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/11/15952654/microsoft-windows-phone-end-of-support

MCD am cry. (Where is he, anyways?)

[G The Resurrected]

Writing was on the wall when they brought their services to iOS and Android. I wish they would have put up a real fight, because they were the closest competitor to Apple's amazing software. Android is lazy and shitty and gets worse and worse over time.

[thisismyusername]

Wow, I'm sorry to all those five people using a Windows phone.

[Tasty]

Android is lazy and shitty and gets worse and worse over time.

Maybe if you have a Samsung. 

[G The Resurrected]

 

Well you got me there

Samsung is shitting up the Android marketplace. I still argue that Google hasn't done enough to fix their platform.

[Tasty]

Well you got me there

Samsung is shitting up the Android marketplace. I still argue that Google hasn't done enough to fix their platform.

Wait for Andromeda.

[Cerveza mas fina]

It sucks because Windows Phone had by far the superior aesthetic. iPhone has been merely good. Android has always been trash.

For once I agree with you

[nachobro]

i had one windows phone and i really liked it but then my carrier stopped supporting winphone so i had to give it up when i wanted another phone. too bad, cause it was a solid os and i really liked the devices

[Madrun Badrun]

wait this isn't a dead thread revival? 

[I'm a Puppy!]

It sucks because Windows Phone had by far the superior aesthetic. iPhone has been merely good. Android has always been trash.

he's right you know

[Cerveza mas fina]

wait this isn't a dead thread revival?

yeaj i thought inmade this a few years back 

[Cerveza mas fina]

nxt is xbox

[Tasty]

It sucks because Windows Phone had by far the superior aesthetic. iPhone has been merely good. Android has always been trash.

he's right you know

Material Design

Windows Aero-Style Trash

The iOS 11 Control Center

[recursivelyenumerable]

I still use a Lumia 640

it's getting increasingly janky over time, headline is misleading as this article is just about the end of support for older versions of the OS though.

[Tasty]

I'm talking about iOS 7+.







Windows Phone used Metro, which was completely flat and highly typography-based (stemming from it being an evolution of the Zune HD's UI, which was great.)

Material Design shares some traits like an emphasis on digital authenticism vs. skeuomorphism and a rejection of gradients in favor of solid colors, but the similarities end there. Drop shadows separate various layers of the UI and Material Design highly stresses motion design as a core tenet.





MD is also more icon-based (vs. Metro's typography and tiles), but only to an extent (and doesn't get nearly as absurd as iOS 11's impenetrable Control Center.) MD apps are structured around a header, hamburger menu, tabs, and the floating action button - the latter of which gives users immediate and prominent access to the current screen's most-useful function.



I encourage you to read the Material Design Guidelines, which are comprehensive, consistent, and beautiful.

[Tasty]

[Mupepe]

Thankfully I'm on the officially superior Windows 10 for my phone.


 

[Nabbis]

Found the OS quite pleasing aesthetically. Certainly more than IOS or Anrdoid. Too bad the rest kinda sucked.

[BlueTsunami]

Still can't get over how well the music service and OS were integrated. Being on Android has been a huge downgrade in this regard. Google Music is a POS as far as functionality and UI.

[hungrynoob]

Still can't get over how well the music service and OS were integrated. Being on Android has been a huge downgrade in this regard. Google Music is a POS as far as functionality and UI.

I still use windows phone for work. Its a POS.