Design Details

316: The Convergence of iOS and Android

Episode Summary

In this week's episode, we dive deep on Android 10's new gestural navigation and how it compares to iOS, finally get around to talking a bit about the September Apple Event, and answer a listener question about what it means to be more proactive. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a new reality TV and some ever-comfy t-shirts.

Episode Notes

In this week's episode, we dive deep on Android 10's new gestural navigation and how it compares to iOS, finally get around to talking a bit about the September Apple Event, and answer a listener question about what it means to be more proactive. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a new reality TV and some ever-comfy t-shirts.

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• Brian finally got his Logitech MX Keys keyboard, and it's not perfect, but it's not bad
• "Sixty percent of the time, it works every time" (clip)

Listener Questions:

• Anonymous asks, "What does it mean to be more proactive?"

Apple Event Review:

• The Apple Watch Series 5 has a variable display refresh rate, which raises interesting questions for designers
• Apple is still listing features using the big word cloud, but they're also using a nicely illustrated feature grid now, too
• Apple TV+ is coming (for just $4.99/mo!), and See looks kinda interesting
• Apple's new iPhone naming scheme reminds Marshall of the logic of the old professional/consumer matrix

Android 10 Gestures:

• Uhl Albert asked why we hadn't talked about Android 10 yet
• Android's new gesture navigation is very similar to iOS (video)
• "There are dozens of us. Dozens!" (clip)

One Cool Thing:

• Marshall shared Season 39 of Survivor, the latest edition of the long-running reality series
• Brian shared Ugmonk, especially their super comfortable Essential Tees
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