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Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 01:30:30 -0700
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You can easily theme the action bar so that your app doesn't look exactly
the same as the default to provide a cohesive look and feel (potentially to
align it with a brand identity). In fact, I'd argue that if you are not
theming that action bar you are using it incorrectly.

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Jake Wharton
http://about.me/jakewharton


On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:23 AM, b0b <pujos.mich...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Friday, 1 June 2012 21:15:42 UTC+2, Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) wrote:
>>
>>
>> Android developers have a well-earned reputation of caring not a whit
>> about a consistent navigation experience, or much of a consistent
>> *anything* when it comes to UI/UX. As a result, Android developers are
>> ridiculed by users and the media for writing "lousy" apps. It's not so
>> much that the apps themselves are lousy, but that they do not look
>> like they belong with the other apps on the device, and "different"
>> tends to be perceived as "lousy" unless the UI is truly excellent.
>>
>>
>>
> yes, but as more and more apps use the action bar and look samey,
> now apps will be flagged as "boring". That has already begun.
> So you have the choice between "lousy", "boring" and "alien".
> In other works, at least someone will hate your UI/UX no matter what.
>
> And comes the inevitable point when Google replaces the Action Bar pattern
> with another one,
> and we will all collectively lol at actions bars retrospectively. A bit
> like when you encounter a carousel now.
> These were so hot in 2009-2010!
>
> It is a bit easy to blame developpers for inconsistency since until now
> Google has been very inconsitent itself
> (hardware vs software back button, large screen bucket not precise enough
> to handle all cases, long-click on item
> behaviour different pre and post ICS, etc).
>
> And I'm not even talking about sometimes lousy API design, as if 20
> unrelated developpers added their own pet API functions to the same class
> without any communication
>
>
>
>

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You can easily theme the action bar so that your app doesn&#39;t look exact=
ly the same as the default to provide a cohesive look and feel (potentially=
 to align it with a brand identity). In fact, I&#39;d argue that if you are=
 not theming that action bar you are using it incorrectly.<br clear=3D"all"=
>

<br>---<br>Jake Wharton<br><a href=3D"http://about.me/jakewharton" target=
=3D"_blank">http://about.me/jakewharton</a><br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:23 AM, b0b <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:pujos.mich...@gmail.com" target=3D"_bla=
nk">pujos.mich...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"g=
mail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-l=
eft:1ex">

<div class=3D"im"><br><br>On Friday, 1 June 2012 21:15:42 UTC+2, Mark Murph=
y (a Commons Guy)  wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:=
0;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>Androi=
d developers have a well-earned reputation of caring not a whit
<br>about a consistent navigation experience, or much of a consistent
<br>*anything* when it comes to UI/UX. As a result, Android developers are
<br>ridiculed by users and the media for writing &quot;lousy&quot; apps. It=
&#39;s not so
<br>much that the apps themselves are lousy, but that they do not look
<br>like they belong with the other apps on the device, and &quot;different=
&quot;
<br>tends to be perceived as &quot;lousy&quot; unless the UI is truly excel=
lent.
<br>
 <br></blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br></b=
lockquote></div><div>=A0<br>yes, but as more and more apps use the action b=
ar and look samey, <br>

now apps will be flagged as &quot;boring&quot;. That has already begun.<br>=
So you have the choice between &quot;lousy&quot;, &quot;boring&quot; and &q=
uot;alien&quot;. <br>In other works, at least someone will hate your UI/UX =
no matter what.<br>

<br>And comes the inevitable point when Google replaces the Action Bar patt=
ern with another one,<br>and we will all collectively lol at actions bars r=
etrospectively. A bit like when you encounter a carousel now.<br>These were=
 so hot in 2009-2010!<br>

<br>It is a bit easy to blame developpers for inconsistency since until now=
 Google has been very inconsitent itself <br>(hardware vs software back but=
ton, large screen bucket not precise enough to handle all cases, long-click=
 on item <br>

behaviour different pre and post ICS, etc).<br><br>And I&#39;m not even tal=
king about sometimes lousy API design, as if 20 unrelated developpers added=
 their own pet API functions to the same class without any communication<br=
>

<br><br><br></div></blockquote></div><br>

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