Today 10 years ago I got a Firefox OS phone
Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.
It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.
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Am I the only one that misses a thick bezel?
Thick bezels are great for actual comfortable usage, but they don't look sexy so they're no more
It's nostalgic for sure, but from a UX perspective I am so happy with the edge to edge displays.
My only gripe is that they work best with at least a little Bezel. Too little side bezel especially, and the edges of your palms will give you false input. Incredibly annoying.
The iPhones have been really good with this thankfully.
That being said, I fucking love my Galaxy S5. I miss the days of rooting and custom roms on practically every android device.
Isn't the software supposed to correct for such false input in most cases?
Sometimes. Depends on the vendor really. Samsung sucks at it.
I wrap my $1200 piece of hardware in a good case. Basically gives me a bezel. Check out the OtterBox Commuter.
That's what bugs me about modern phone design, though. They could put Otterbox-type protection right on the phone and that'd be fine for most people. Personally have an S23 and I think it's unnecessarily ugly, thin, and easy to drop, when it's not in a case.
I don't mind it, gives me the choice of whether to put a big bulky case on it. Personally I like it but I understand not wanting to use one.
I also don't mind having the choice of whether or not to use a case, but it might be nice if it were an included accessory.
Samsung has their XCover and Active lines; They're just not flagships.
I'm so cheap, this one plus nord POS for 250 suits me pretty good, comes with a case and screen protector sticker from the factory. I'm more thrilled to have a regular headphones port and memory card slot.
I definitely miss simple rectangle displays. Curved corners and notches annoy me to the point of giving me anxiety. For bezels, one can at least put the phone in a case.
Do you actually get anxiety from a curved corner or was that just hyperbole?
I do lol. I got used to it on my phone because they're so tiny and it's a taller screen than 16:9, so it doesn't cut into videos and such. But on a PC screen I wouldn't stand it.
I also can't stand the rounded squares buttons that are now "standard" in Android. I keep a lot of apps out of date just because the newer versions changed circles to that abomination. I even asked the dev of Infinity for Lemmy to bring the option for circle button, and they did! 😃
Nobody understands my suffering lol.
Lol I really don't. I am trying to figure out what condition would lead to actual anxiety for something like this.
I think I hate it mostly because 1) it needlessly ruins a good thing, 2) of the general implications of "we are changing something fundamental like a rectangle, and make it standard, and you can't do anything about it".
And also the general corporatisation of design. Everything has to be lifeless and smooth and just enough friendly and appealing to everyone. So what we get? A mix between a circle and rectangle. My artsy soul is crying.
So, it's dumb and pointless, it ruins a good thing, it offends me, I hate it, and yet I'm somehow supposed to accept it as the new standard? Fucking 1984 this is.
I don't know if this is satire or serious.
Of serious, I envy your life. I wish my lifewas privileged enough that I could focus on hating rounded corners as much as you. Lol
Are you on the internet? Then you are probably not a starving child in some Somalian village. You privilege.
Clearly not as privileged as you lol
Maybe I'm not such a twat so people like me more and I can afford it. You should try it.
LOL. Compares round corners to 1984 and then claims to not be a twat. Maybe get out of your moms basement for once and go face the real world.
They're coming back. The Galaxy S 23/22 Ultra both are squared.
Still a hole punch tho
Sometimes, makes using a tablet easier & I liked "chins" on iphone for the fingerprint reader.
I still want to go back to my Moto G6. The fingerprint reader on the chin is perfect. It replaced all the buttons so I didn't need the virtual chin or finicky edge gestures.
You can still get phones like the pixel 7a, which has thick bezels, so I'd say they aren't completely gone from the market yet.
Unfortunately they still won't put in a headphone jack which is a deal breaker for me. It's a real shame because i would otherwise really like a pixel phone.
My Pixel 4a 5G has a headphone jack.