Android

[gtbarry]

This is not good. It is not dire or terrible either. But it is not good.

Hugo Barra, whose official title is vice president of product management for Android, has been one of the more public faces of the mobile operating system, appearing frequently at Google press events and at its annual I/O developer conference.

Barra, sources said, is leaving for Xiaomi, a fast-growing Chinese phone maker. Xiaomi, which builds Android phones for the Chinese market, prides itself not only on its high-end hardware, but also on the software it adds on top of Google

 

[funkylogik]

Are there any conspiracies/rumours behind it bro?
Theres a (crap) discussion goin on here https://plus.google.com/114298483458899933963/posts/GJpVER2NTtC

 

[gtbarry]

Are there any conspiracies/rumours behind it bro?
Theres a (crap) discussion goin on here https://plus.google.com/114298483458899933963/posts/GJpVER2NTtC

He's leaving because Google spies on everyone all of the time and even or tin foil hats can't stop 'em anymore

 

[AntimonyER]

He's leaving because Google spies on everyone all of the time and even or tin foil hats can't stop 'em anymore

So he decides to combat that by going to.... China?

 

[funkylogik]

Nah its because he has realised how EVIL his employer was being by using microwaves emitted from android devices to cook us humans from the inside out
He jus' couldnt handle the guilt man

 

[gtbarry]

Soon he will speaking here about the evils of Google:

Welcome to Conspiracy Con 2013

 

[nickdalzell]

Going to China won't save him from Skynet Google

 

[out of ideas]

lots of android people on the move lately. maybe they hate the new look of the play store as much as nick.

 

[nickdalzell]

i think the noobs Google hired are at fault for the CGA UI on all the Google apps and the inspiration to other devs for using similar UIs. if i recall, didn't Google fire Eric Schmidt, the designer behind Android from the beginning? then they must have gotten in some leftover WebOS and Windows 8 desiginers.

 

[funkylogik]

Lol

 

[Stannis the Mannis]

Lol

Indeed hehe.

 

[nickdalzell]

well, if i wanted to relive the era of Spell-A-Vators and Number Munchers, i'd have bought a used Apple II



Large grids, cute colors, limited graphics/flat UI. what could possibly be better than that?

 

[Stannis the Mannis]

This thread had nothing to do with the the UI, yet once again you went off-topic and ranted a little even though no one cares that you don't like it.

 

[nickdalzell]

well to be fair someone else brought it up first.

 

[mikedt]

well, if i wanted to relive the era of Spell-A-Vators and Number Munchers, i'd have bought a used Apple II



Large grids, cute colors, limited graphics/flat UI. what could possibly be better than that?

Hugo Barra could use this for his Googleless Xiaomis in the Middle Country....we like cute things in the PRC.

 

[El Presidente]

Come on guys, please stick to the original topic.

There's a thread on Google's UI changes and other similar type stuff here: http://androidforums.com/google/740988-new-google-play-website.html

 

[breadnatty08]

I'm sure someone can pick up the job just fine.
Now, if Duarte left, I'd be a little more concerned.