Android 4.0 UI = Metro
I remember a funny quote on twitter yesterday after the Android 4.0 unveiling. It went something like: 'Android was born as a bad imitation of BlackBerry, it grew into a iPhone look-alike, and now could retire as another Windows Phone. If you don't understand, you need to take a look at the second image in Sebastian Anthony's article yesterday:
I know that despite how others might feel about the platform and its usability, the first thing that many people thought about WP7 when they first saw it was: 'Man, that looks stylish'. Google, intentionally or not, has given a nod to the Metro UI style's legitimacy. Google's new "Roboto UI" as it's called, is also imbued with some Google+ DNA to maintain interface recognition.
The other good news is that Android 4.0 is indeed open source after 3.0 was not.
Moving through the presentation, Google showed us that Ice Cream Sandwich has a very simple, clean, tile-based interface. There are no rounded corners, no brushed metal textures, visual contrast is very high, and most of all, content is king.
These are the exact same design guidelines that underpin Microsoft’s Metro style paradigm, the tile- and typography-based interface that governs Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8.
--Sebastian Anthony
I know that despite how others might feel about the platform and its usability, the first thing that many people thought about WP7 when they first saw it was: 'Man, that looks stylish'. Google, intentionally or not, has given a nod to the Metro UI style's legitimacy. Google's new "Roboto UI" as it's called, is also imbued with some Google+ DNA to maintain interface recognition.
The other good news is that Android 4.0 is indeed open source after 3.0 was not.
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Robert Marcano replied on Thu, 2011/10/20 - 5:23pm
Ryan De Laplante replied on Thu, 2011/10/20 - 6:55pm
Otengi Miloskov replied on Thu, 2011/10/20 - 8:59pm
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Otengi Miloskov replied on Thu, 2011/10/20 - 9:01pm
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Alex(JAlexoid) ... replied on Fri, 2011/10/21 - 6:43am
Really? You got that from the article?
Naiden Gochev replied on Fri, 2011/10/21 - 3:51pm
there are some similarities - clear design, solid colors, no gradients yeah thats it.
after all what is metro UI some fucking table with boxes which are clickable amazing of course you will see metro everywhere.
If you open ANY website put a amazingly BIG padings put only solid colors and remove all borders and you will automatically get a new Metro style. ALso if you open gmail preview theme and google+ you will see metro as well because they are clean.
The nice view component which google have introduced with google+ is amazing cannot be compared with this microsoft crap which shows the next page or ops part of it which doesn't have any real purpose why they are there.
Anyway if eclipse can run on android some they I will be happy to switch totally to arm and android .
Robert Craft replied on Thu, 2012/01/26 - 6:56am
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