The Problem with Android Software is the Average Developer
I love my iPhone. I love my Nexus One. Having both is like having two children to a parent. Each one has it’s own special abilities. They both can place calls, surf the Net, read email, navigate you around town, run applications, and play games. The difference between the two is the style with which the task is done.
Here is a simple case and point. I have two cribbage games. I have one for the iPhone, and another for android. I picked cribbage, because there is not really anything sexy about cribbage…unless you play it on the iPhone.
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- Cribbage on android
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- Cribbage on iPhone
Take a look at the two images. The android developer chose to use basic buttons of unequal width (please make them the same width!). The iPhone developer put a little extra effort into the main screen and provided graphical buttons. This is a key difference between android and iPhone applications. Apple would likely not allow an application into the store that had such a look as the one on android. There is nothing wrong with the android game once you get into the gameplay. It is rather nice actually. But the android application’s first impression is a weak one. Sometimes all you get is a first impression.
So to all the android developers out there, please make your applications look nicer to make your apps look on par with the iPhone. I do understand that you have limited storage space on the android phone to install apps. People complain if the application is over a few megabytes, and graphics take up space. Google promises to fix this in a future update. We’ll see if that helps android apps to have the luster and beauty I know they can have. How do I know? I’ve written apps on android where we gutted the default stylings of android to make it look really good. The only problem was the memory footprint the app then took up.
