XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: arlen@arlen.com   
      
   On Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:45:16 -0500, Big Al wrote:   
      
   > You talk about app launchers but for a person having issues with just   
   > using the built in eco system of android, I seriously doubt they would   
   > get anywhere close to changing the app laucher on their phone.   
      
   Hi Big Al,   
      
   While I get that you're saying that the OP will have issues with ANY UI...   
   I think an advantage of iOS is the static simplicity the OP pines for.   
      
   We all know that "installing" an app launcher is utterly trivial.   
   Even for a beginner.   
   a. You search for Nova free on Google Play just like any other app   
   b. You install it and use the defaults, just like any other app   
      
   So I don't think it's the INSTALLATION of the app launcher that makes iOS   
   app launchers so perfect for the OP.   
      
   I think it's the fact that the iOS app launcher hasn't changed in a decade.   
   And, the iOS app launcher didn't do much in the first place.   
      
   > I know a fellow who sorry to say this but he is dumb as a box of rocks.   
   > He wanted a new phone so when he went to the store, the android line at   
   > the counter was oh so long so he went to the apple line and picked up   
   > one.  He's been bitching that he can't do much more than make calls.   
   > (or this is his version of the story).   
      
   I assume the story is a bit more complex, simply because my Android device   
   is $130 while the nearest equivalent (actually far less equivalent in many   
   ways) iPhone is five times more expensive than that, so it's not a "light"   
   decision to pay from two to ten times as much, simply because of the "line   
   at the counter".   
      
   It's an age-old question for kids on their FIRST phone whether it should be   
   iOS or Android.   
      
   I give phones to kids all the time; they don't KNOW what they want.   
      
   In the end, the HUGE difference between iOS & Android will make some love   
   iOS and some hate it, while others will love Android (few will hate it   
   since it does everything iOS does that they need to do).   
      
   The ones who mostly will hate iOS are the ones who do things that can't be   
   done with iOS - but - the OP does _NOT_ appear to be such a person.   
      
   So, IMHO, iOS is _perfect_ for the OP:   
   o The app launcher is mired in the stone age - which makes it simpler   
   o It's clearly limited in app functionality - which makes it vastly simpler   
   o Marketing has scripted what you can do - which makes it simpler   
   etc.   
      
   The  fact iOS is vastly limited in what it can do, is PERFECT for the OP.   
      
   > I looked at his phone and as little as I know of IOS, I found that I   
   > could get around it relatively okay.  I'm sure, much like when I got my   
   > first android phone, I would get the hang of it after a bit.   
      
   If all anyone does is punch buttons, then iOS is great for them.   
   It's when you _try_ things not scripted by Marketing, where iOS fails.   
      
   For example, on iOS, try to do automatic call recording, or use a Google   
   Map Address scraper, or connect it to your desktop as a USB stick, or try   
   to install an official Tor Browser, or use a YouTube clone that has no ads,   
   or, change the app launcher, or graph wifi signal strength over time for   
   all access points, or debug whether it's your cellular repeater or your   
   femtocell that you're connected to, etc.   
      
   The sheer functionality on Android is daunting to the OP.   
      
   It's no different for the OP than if he was from the Stone Age, and then   
   you parachuted the OP into the middle of a modern city.   
      
   The sheer amount of "options" would drive the OP nuts.   
      
   Clearly, IMHO, the primitive simple UI of iOS is _perfect_ for the OP.   
   Android is for folks who want price to performance & functionality.   
      
   > The problem the OP probably has is much like my wife has with android.   
   > She can't apply previously learned ideas to the phone.  Yes, you don't   
   > have a mouse but you do have a finger.  And as I did, I read an Android   
   > for Dummies type article/book when I got my phone.  It might have just   
   > been help that popped up now and then as I used the phone but I learned   
   > and applied my windows knowledge to the phone with adjustments.   
      
   While your point is that _any_ GUI will be confusing to this particular OP,   
   the OP appears to pine for static simplicity, which iOS does provide.   
      
   Let's assume the OP is a hypothetical technology averse person.   
   That person is _naturally_ inclined toward Apple products, IMHO.   
      
   As a simple example, I buy Android & iOS phones as gifts all the time,   
   where the young technology averse girls tend to want iPhones, and where the   
   more technology savvy guys will use whatever works.   
      
   Some of the guys will make _anything_ work; but those guys _always_ will   
   end up on Android because iOS is primitive in functionality compared to   
   Android.   
      
   The huge _advantage_ of iOS for a person who desires simplicity though, is   
   that the entire user interface, which centers around the App Launcher, is   
   essentially mired in the stone age. The iOS app launcher is a design that   
   essentially hasn't changed since it was designed more than a decade ago.   
      
   IMHO, for electronics, a decade, especially in smart phones, is forever.   
      
   > I seriously doubt if the OP has issues with the Android, he'll have any   
   > more luck with the IOS.   But that's my viewpoint.   
      
   I seriously doubt the OP is "real", where I suggest we discuss the merits   
   of the two operating systems with respect to simplicity and functionality.   
      
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