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0 pointskgabis12y ago0 comments

What's wrong with WP?

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sker12y ago· 2 in thread

Nothing wrong with it, but MS decided to go the Apple route by providing a locked-down system. That works well for 90%+ of the population, but I need to be able to use my device as I use my PC, installing and configuring anything I want. Android and its custom ROMs are the best offering I could find. Ubuntu and Firefox OS could be good alternatives too.

Pxtl12y ago

Iirc, they backed off on that. WinPhone isn't as open as Android, but it's not iOS either. There's still a heavy bias towards the 1st-party store just like there is on Android and I doubt the phones are as easy to root/flash/whatever, but they do let you download and install applications outside of the store.

Maybe we'll see a Humble Windows Phone Bundle some day.

garthdog12y ago

They do? I thought sideloading was a developer-only privilege.

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kefs12y ago· 1 in thread

for me, it's the ux. this comment mirrors some of my feelings..

http://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1mc4vq/nokia_was_te...

barista12y ago

Most of the thoughts expressed there are philosophical. e.g. a good UI should work for al skill levels, It should satisfy Gestalt rule, absence of dock, etc. Of these the last is not even correct. You can pin whatever tiles you want on the start screen including many deep links into apps that other OSes don't even offer (afaik)

As for the other two, again they are philosophical. If the user had said that it doesn't work for me because I am novice or expert user then I'd understand. What does it have to do with it following certain design principles? does it work for you as an individual or not? Isn't that the most important question. The comment does not answer that at all.

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