Way too many Microsoft haters. BE OPEN MINDED. C# is a tool, like computer, as long as used to solve real world problems, who cares who's behind it? It's like how Apple fanboys are saying Object-C is the most awesome programming language in the world, totally biased.
> I am a developer who has leaned towards .NET over the last few projects and one of the things that used to nag me is that the platform is a closed one (and the licensing fees can be a decent part of the cost). I was fairly certain I would migrate off it if the project ever took off seriously.
Can you explain why? Is it because the only reason it's closed? You just hate MS.
Obviously you didn't read my reply clearly. I said "the history-back button" (one of back buttons)is gone, that is the little down-arrow button when clicked it shows the history.
Looking at the slide, with my limited accounting knowledge, it seems Google has managed to decrease the total cost of expense which contributed to the increase in revenue from Q1.
Well, it actually did. Compare the Firefox 1 UI with current FF5 browser you will notice how much the UI has changes, simpler and cleaner, and the history-back buttons are gone.
I am well aware that we all got 10 fingers unless you are mutants. Why use only one, right? Well, when comes to UI, the less is better for users. And it's less UI behavior consideration for developers. That's all.
Being useful and hard to use are two different things. For developers, more buttons mean more things to consider when developing apps.
Personally, I just don't see the usefulness of Back buttons on WP. The Back button should be replaced when the multitask swtich feature in "Mango". The Search, maybe, it's useful sometimes. Again, like you've mentioned, the users would have to guess whether it will bring up the Bing Search or the in-app one. It sounds just confusing.
What WP do you have? My Samsung Focus soft touch button is so sensitive that I hit those buttons by accident ALL THE TIME. That's just frustrating. I'd rather not having any button at all or replace those with press-down real buttons.
Having fewer buttons seem to make interface cleaner and less chance to screw up for users. But again it's a hardware issue for debate rather than software.
Can't say much about Android, but the Back button on the Windows Phone is unreliable and doesn't always take you back to where it's supposed to be. It's just confusing. I much prefer the simple UI that iPhone has with a single button.
