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Re: Android's Affordances

ShanaC — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:01:12 -0000

I have yet to test the phone

I will say this, as someone with a background in nude drawing (not engineering) affordance is partially about how the body extends itself into the environment, and how it pulls out of it as well. Further, I have to question your argument- should affordance be based purely on just the mind- or is a mind to body paradigm, and if so,what layer of the mind are we talking about.

The real question behind affordance, as always, is how the body interconnects with the object and the mind as a mediating layer. I'm not anti a four button layout depending on how deeply the control of that four button layout is given.

I hated the original apple mouse- two buttons are much better, because it extends my grip of one hand more fully. In my perception of the screen the mouse is just a connector to whatever is going on there. The keyboard is something else entirely. Why would I want to split that function?

The option button may or may not fulfill that same role, depending on how it is used. Did it extend your body into the media?

Re: Android's Affordances

andrewparker — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:49:03 -0000

@fromedome said it best on the keyboard. It so bad that vzw should
just ship the Droid glued shut ;)

Re: Android's Affordances

bijan — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:35:00 -0000

I'm still only a few days into my Droid test but i actually like the software (and VZW network).

I just can't get comfortable with the hardware (keyboard & chunky form factor).

Gonna give it some more time before making the call.

Re: Android's Affordances

jonsteinberg — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:30:01 -0000

This is my only complaint with Android. It lacks the elegant interaction design of the iPhone. I still think that 2010 will be the Adnroid year...but right now using it feels like throwing unix commands