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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Jul 2013

    If there’s one thing the Nexus 4 proves, Google are getting UX. And that makes them more dangerous than ever.

    3:25 AM - 17 Jul 2013
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      2. Davey Heuser‏ @daveyheuser 17 Jul 2013
        Replying to @aral

        @aral so change equals danger? I think it's a reason for the competitors to step up their game once again

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Jul 2013
        Replying to @daveyheuser

        @daveyheuser No, Google’s business model, combined with competent UX, equals danger. Especially in a post-PRISM world.

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      2. Matt Reynolds  🚀‏ @mbrit 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral Praise indeed, given your reputation...

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 17 Jul 2013
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        @mbrit Praise and a warning :-)

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      1. Robert Nyman‏ @robertnyman 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral Yep, it's the first Android phone I've truly liked.

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      1. JRC‏ @crewzta 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral IMO already ahead of ios...

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      1. Mark Wilcox‏ @__MarkW__ 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral Also, just because the Android team get UX doesn't mean the rest of Google has switched from the data driven design ideology.

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      1. Mark Wilcox‏ @__MarkW__ 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral The base Android UX is pretty good now but Samsung and other big OEMs still wreck that in the name of differentiation.

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      1. Damian Gribben‏ @simpleline 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral I was pleasantly surprised by it, an absolute pleasure to use.

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      1. Scott Robertson‏ @scottymeuk 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral Android as a whole is getting better. I posted this a while ago, but look how nice Android looks in comparison. http://blog.bufferapp.com/echofon-buffer-schedule-tweets-retweets-social-analytics …

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      1. Slobodan Stojanović‏ @slobodan_ 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral it's much better but still sucks.

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      1. Tim Kevin Oxley‏ @timkevinoxley 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral especially so given the shoddy UX Apple is peddling recently. Apparently there's only room for one big company who "gets it" at a time

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      1. ⦿ Alexander‏ @Alexhorre 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral their design process is slowly improving: slow is fast; and fast is slow. Seal Team 6.

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      1. Adam Lynch‏ @lynchy010 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral ...item in the center it doesn't select it, it opens a menu, and if you press and hold it does something else. Not obvious / intuitive

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      1. Kasper Tidemann‏ @KasperTidemann 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral ... more each day. Where the Android experience used to be sub par, it definitely isn't anymore.

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      1. Kasper Tidemann‏ @KasperTidemann 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral I couldn't agree more. Been using my Nexus 4 for 8-10 months now alongside my iPhone 5. I find myself using the Nexus more and...

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      1. James Offer‏ @joffley 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral Dangerous to whom? Apple/BlackBerry/Nokia/MS? You make them sound like Skynet. Hmm, actually...

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      1. Adam Lynch‏ @lynchy010 17 Jul 2013
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        @aral hmm... not sure I agree they are getting it 100%. There's stuff like a list with a radio button on each item, but if you tap the...

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