I had been waiting to make the switch from the iphone to android until both some nice hardware was released and it had been out for a while for the initial usability issues to be resolved. The Droid is what made me take the plunge but I am *constantly* frustrated by what seems to be surprisingly sub-par performance for the most basic UI interaction.
I started looking into the SDK and worked on a few apps in order to resolve some issues i was having, but even the most basic example apps in the sdk aren't nearly as fast as I would expect them to be on a new, relatively high-end device. For example, something as simple as the sample 'home' app that comes with the sdk can't even open the 'all programs' list smoothly. This may seem trivial, but it is very telling if a basic application written by programmers experienced in the SDK performs poorly on a virgin device. There are a slew of problems that bother me and i am reaching out for any expert insight as to whether or not they are Droid specific, or general to android 2.0 that may be addressed with future updates. My primary frustrations: Delay between swiping gestures/clicks and visual response. Scrolling is choppy in almost all cases, from lists, to home, to browser pages. Scrolls are frequently registered as clicks. Occasionally clicks register as powerful downward scrolls, so a click on a large list will throw me near the bottom of the list as if the Droid is consciously mocking me. I could go on for pages, but as I write them all down I think the bulk of my issues stem from the general feeling of sluggishness on the Droid. Usability can be enhanced by other applications and by workarounds, but poor performance at an OS or device level doesn't seem easily fixable. I can't imagine it is inherent to the Droid because the specs seem perfectly decent for a hand held device. Could it be the screen resolution be requiring more processing power than the Droid can provide? Does the road forward look promising? "Works fine for me" is not a useful response, so please use restraint when hovering over the 'Send' button. This is not device-specific, the same problems occur on the 5 other droids i've compared against in my company. Some people are OK with it, which is fine by me, but arguing that opinion is not helpful. -- Jarrod -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
