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2014-01-15 01:52:35 +0200
Jolla clearly stated, that Sailfish OS would be indeed very gesture focused. I don't see this as a bad thing, it just takes a bit of getting used to, then it's as fast or even faster than buttons, at least in my experience.
The simple and right solution here is to introduce buttons aswell as swipe gestures like y’know, every other frigging phone.
It shouldn't be the goal of a new OS to be like every other OS on the marked, don't you think? I don't know if there was a misconception on your side regarding the gesture emphasis of Sailfish?
Despite the Jolla rocking an NFC chip for some reason you can’t get any NFC functionality
I think there is NFC functionality, since I saw comments in the IRC regarding the use of NFC to autoconnect to other devices, but I don't know for sure. I expect more of it in updates (and when tohd.service battery drain is fixed).
Why no button to SEND emails when composing?
Why do you need a button? When I compose a mail, I only need to activate the pulley menu and the first entry is Send ...
And yes at the moment there are temporary shortcomings as the OS is still in beta phase and probably will be for quite some time. I see it more as a device for enthusiasts and people who want a real Linux on their phone, than a device for consumers or business people, so in fact your review is right in its conclusion, thats it's not yet for consumers, but I don't see why it wouldn't be a device for developers, since the SDK is quite good and you can write native Linux code/reuse code from desktop applications.
jm2c
read this review http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2014/01/12/jolla-review-some-rough-edges-but-this-linux-smartphone-shows-promise/?utm_campaign=techtwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
daily use is possible if you accept it's temporary shortcomings
teun ( 2014-01-14 23:28:34 +0200 )editThousands of e-mails per day? Are you sure you want to handle them via a phone? Is not something with a physical keyboard and big screen a better work horse?
NFC: Jolla is still in development. When you write NFC applications, you simply have to wait until this has been properly implemented.
It was to be expected, that Jolla would not get a fully developed completely new handset and completely new firmware rolled out within the time frame they set themselves. As it is right now, there are a couple of restrictions that even withheld several people from putting Jolla into their productive environment. However, the main features are there and functioning (in general). And, it took me more than 24 h to get used to the UI (and I am still not fully are accustomed and I still hope for some improvements within the current design concept).
jgr ( 2014-01-15 01:53:23 +0200 )editTo answer your questions. I go between a desktop PC and phone.
JohnMcLear ( 2014-01-15 01:59:42 +0200 )editDidn't you realize Jolla doesn't have buttons to click before to buy it? And, didn't you realize the major point of UI is "gesture based"? so, it's odd to me now you criticize the phone for these points... you simply bought the wrong phone for you.
gordon_pcb_designer ( 2014-01-15 10:24:27 +0200 )editHaving this post properly titled after it's original blog/reddit post makes the topic clear at least...
eric ( 2014-01-15 14:10:37 +0200 )edit