You see, contrary to popular belief, the START menu was not about taste in UI design.
The trend away from skeuomorphic special effects in UI design is the beginning of the retina-resolution design era.
Using an embedded Webkit runtime as a browser for hybrid apps further reduces the difference in UI and functionality across multiple devices.
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On a more technical front, we're told the PDK supports the Linux standard SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) to ease in porting and development (Unreal for Linux runs using SDL, for instance), and that developers could even build apps like an audio processor that rely on PDK components but don't show up in the UI at all, or OpenGL-empowered things that aren't necessarily games or in 3D.
You'll also notice some strong similarities in the UI, though the iOS version has a few features the Android software doesn't have yet, such as the ability to share things on Twitter and Facebook.
That means investing in a better UI, better apps for the TV and its companion screens, and it may even justify investing in better chips (as Samsung has done), to power those experiences.
Apigee Insights is a recognition in essence, that a fourth tier must be introduced into applications in addition to UI, Server, and Database.
Spotted on Sina Weibo earlier this week (but have since been deleted) are the above three screenshots showing off Lenovo's customized Android UI in 1080p glory.
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Applications may also switch to a tablet style UI in landscape, but this is not as important since they will more often be used in portrait.
The good news is we decided to make good on LG's oversight and give this little beauty the love it deserves with a mention, a gallery, and a quick video of its tweaked S60 3.2-based UI in action.
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When using the dock, you're likely going to spend most of your time in the classic UI -- and when you want to switch, you can just hit the button at the top of the dock to release the tablet from its docky prison.
Nokia really does look different now, and has coupled its hardware strength with an OS that is swimming in good design and UI principles.
The display is outstanding with the Windows 8 tile-based Modern UI but in desktop mode, icons and text are almost too small because of the dense resolution.
Extension of Emergency Unemployment Insurance benefits for 2 million people: The agreement will prevent 2 million people from losing UI benefits in January by extending emergency unemployment insurance benefits for one year.
Previously, Angie held roles in product management, web UI design, marketing and entrepreneurship.
Home is likely here for the foreseeable future, so we'll go more in-depth on the UI and our first impressions.
The agreement also prevents two million people from losing unemployment insurance benefits in January by extending emergency UI benefits for one year.
Previously, Angie held roles in product management, web UI design, and entrepreneurship.
Previously, Angie held roles in product management and web UI design.
HTC's Drew Bamford is a long-time defender of the Sense UI, but in a fresh interview he's switched tactics and rushed headlong at the competition.
The modern UI of large typefacing, tiles and horizontal views has been pioneered and tweaked in many consumer products, From the first Windows Media Centers, through the Zune music players, and refined in the Windows Phone 7 range, Metro UI was the clean style of interface that has now been iterated into the latest products.
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In September the students saw the UI for the first time and the 4th grade students were off and running with very few instructions.
Mir should make its debut on the mobile variants of Ubuntu soon, with Canonical aiming to get the UI unified and stable in time for the next LTS in April of 2014.
Comcast isn't opening up its set-top boxes (UI and all) in the way we'd like, but it has established a reference spec (RDK) for potential hardware partners to build their own versions of its next generation setup.
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The pre-production model had a poor shutter button, which is a bit of a disappointment since this is usually a well used button, and considering the effort put into the external screen. (Let's hope that this'll get fixed for production models.) The reviewers found that the main keypad was great, with a not-too-rubbery feel, and the UI is an improvement in all the areas that count -- snappy, clear, and customizable.
As a masterclass in putting together a timeline-based UI, Path 2.0 is a tremendous success.
The changes are significant enough that they make the game really shine as sort of an arcade version of the PC title, with the controls and UI focused on keeping players in the action.
As a user I prized the big icons on the UI and the rest I kept in a black sleeve.
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Buoyed by their recent wide ranging UI patent victory, they are in a strong position to defend their turf.
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