Comments on: Video: Clearest demo of S60 3.2 transitions I’ve seen yet

By: viipottaja.

viipottaja. — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:19:52 +0000

Gandalf, I agree. However, e.g. that turning and zooming etc. effect is probably “running on top” of the camera actually opening. I.e. without the transition animation you would be just waiting for the camera to start. At least now you have some eye candy to keep you occupied and to give you a perceived sense of more speedy UI.

By: newtype2011

newtype2011 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:30:42 +0000

I think it is a step in the right direction, but I agree with everyone who stated that such things shouldn’t come at the expense of UI speed. Also, Nokia is going to have to do better than this if they want to keep customers -

By: Antoine of BH/MMM

Antoine of BH/MMM — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:41:37 +0000

While the transistions are a good idea, they show a considerable flaw in the UI itself. For example, those screens when you go from launcher to application, you get jarring changes from tiles to lists, or the top of the screen totally changes, making it look like a different computer. There’s transision, now can we improve the flow by making the apps all look like they are some part of the same family in more than font’s that are too large

By: Topy

Topy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:59:46 +0000

Actually better than i was expecting and like someone said above it’s still some time till we can actually buy those devices that are using fp2 (N96, E71, N82 etc).

By: PlayerKill

PlayerKill — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:37:36 +0000

Wow!!! I’m absolutely loving these transitions. They’re not intrusive and is a great wow factor. Unlike other people, I don’t believe this will decrease the responsivenes… The transitions are fast too, not like you have to wait 1 sec to see the transition finished…

Also, I like the new gallery app. I hated the cycle thing he have currently.

By: Gandalf

Gandalf — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:58:01 +0000

no no, it’s not only a matter or resource hog, but of responsivness of an ac tion: I click on camera button and i wanna see the camera interface, dont wanna wait for the screen to zoom, rotate, swing, not even 1 second more..

why sholda wait for seeing an animation I dont care a about when I’d rather get immediately what I launched?

By: Chris P

Chris P — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:42:49 +0000

Bazza – I’ve just got high expectations! I just want Nokia to be better.

By: bazza

bazza — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:29:02 +0000

gosh! you guys really know how to sssssuck the fun out of a room. lol

doubt they would design it in this day and age for it to be a hindrance and resource hog, especially with the OS’ new memory management technologies. Of course I’m sure there will be an off switch.

By: Gandalf

Gandalf — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:01:46 +0000

hate anything that slows down the UI and consumes ram…

one of the 1st things i ussually disable in XP/VISTA are the tehmes and GUI effects, so why would i want thme on a phone?

usability is forgotten sometimes…

By: Chris P

Chris P — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:14:19 +0000

To me it looks a bit like a 3rd party app over the top – ie quite artificial, maybe its because I am used to the older transitions? When you click on something the effect looks like an ‘effect’ inbetween, not like a seamless transition. Obviously this may change by Q3. Does anyone else feel the same?

Is anyone else very concerned about Symbian – it seems that they think the current S60 is pretty much fine, all they need to do is slap some effects and touch to it and it will be great? S60 needs a far greater change and they need to correct a lot of details however S60 seem a conservative lot so not much will happen I suspect.

By: Gustokonyan

Gustokonyan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:00:36 +0000

i think its a 3rd party app. if it is Sir stefan, can you give me the download link of the task list application you are using? thanks

By: Gustokonyan

Gustokonyan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:56:29 +0000

Does anyone know where to find the Task List program that shows the running applications as well as the RAM usage and the remaining ram available? i kept looking and looking on my phone, cant find it. Is it a third party application? My phone is a Nokia N82. Thanks

By: Zak

Zak — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:06:42 +0000

This isn’t purely for Nokia.

This is a Symbian update therefore phones like the G810 will have them as well

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:50:02 +0000

Yes, cool for a while, then you get bored with them and the way they slow down the interface, and want to get rid of them. They are nice looking and work in some places, in many places not. I hope there’s an option to switch them off.

By: Gustokonyan

Gustokonyan — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:02:57 +0000

Wow, menu transitions are cool. Will it be available on S60 FP1 through updates in the future? Or its only for FP2s?

I just bought an N82, and my eyes were shining so bright when i read your post about N95, N95 8gb and N82! Another high five for me buying n82 hehe.

Sir, another question. My previous phone is a nokia 5300, will this thing work?:
i’ll back up notes, messages, contacts, calendar, etc of my 5300 using PC Suite. Is it possible to restore the back up file to my n82? (s40>s60, eh?)

thanks

By: bazza

bazza — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:47:07 +0000

wow, that is quite impressive. its subtle and functional.

its the little things that count and that is fine improvement to the overall look to the OS.

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:38:57 +0000

possibly, remember that these devices are supposed to come out in Q3 so that is a LONG time for Nokia to get their themes right.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:35:02 +0000

Absolutely love it! But why we didn’t saw transitions in N96/N78 demos? They’re still adding transitions in their themes?