“Compact” is a bit of a stretch. But the size of the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro (non-XL) is pretty nice. I currently have a 7 Pro and while the “screen real estate” is nice, it’s really on the upper end of what I’m willing to use. (Both in terms of size and weight) I bought my mom a Pixel 8 recently and I really liked the form factor when I set up the phone. It’s large enough to fit everything on the screen but small enough to use comfortably. Since I really want a telephoto lens the non-XL Pro version seems like it’s made for me. 😄

Wouldn’t it be better for our digital wellbeing to have an option that makes it unpleasant to use the phone in bed? 😬

I use it when I’m staying at hotels and want to use their WiFi, or any other public WiFi, to protect my private data. Google probably has it anyway but there’s no need to share it with another unknown entity.

This is a belated April Fool’s joke, right? This looks horrendous. Like the ugly child of iOS and Samsung icons.

I’m still not quite sold on the pill-shaped camera bar but I suppose this design helps with consistency across different types of device (normal phones, foldables, tablets), unlike the current camera visor.

There’s !ds9@lemmy.world, and the general Star Trek community at !startrek@startrek.website (and more memes at !risa@startrek.website)

Wasn’t a fan of the holodeck episodes either. But they needed to produce 26 episodes a year. I don’t blame them for doing some filler episodes.

DS9 gets some well deserved meme love nowadays. Quite a feat considering most fans thought of it as the black sheep of the Star Trek family during its original run.

Nah, you’re totally right. That’s what the Burt Ward Robin would say. I was thinking more of the current Robin in the comics, Damian Wayne.

Depends on which Robin we’re talking about. The response could also be just “-tt-”.

As an Android user who got used to MaterialYou the “cold” iOS UI really looks jarring. But it’s impressive nonetheless what they accomplished with a web app.

Which is a pity because the ideas of having “circles” was actually clever. Or at least I thought so back then. I wonder how modern social media would look like if they all implemented that.

I don’t think so. This is what it looked like for me.

A/B testing. My Play Store was blue for the last couple of weeks, then turned green again a few days ago, and yesterday it was fully MaterialYou-themed (at least on some pages).

Asus has always been big on letting you customize your smartphone, to the point that there are two modes for most changes: “Stock Android” or “Asus Optimized.” These two modes can be chosen from your settings, and when setting up your device, you can choose one or the other. It changes how your notifications look, your volume panel, and your power menu

Tim Schofield shows that in his video at 5:13, and from 7:03 onwards. The Asus Optimized looks more feature-rich but the design is clearly pre-Android-12 and clashes with some of the modern Android design elements. I guess it’s especially for those people who want the old notification drawer design back. 🤷‍♂️

I thought there were gimmicks too but I now think that somewhere down the line – once they’re more refined and less expensive – I’d like to get one.

I was tempted to buy the Pixel Tablet until I realized that I don’t want a second device. I’d rather like a multi-purpose device. And the Pixel Fold seems to have a great form factor to use it as a “normal” phone, and then switch to the large screen when you want to do something that you’d normally do on a tablet, just with the benefit of having all your settings, apps and recent notifications right there with you. It’s a seamless transition which is really neat.

Over on /r/Android there was a very vocal crowd that saw it not only as a gimmick but actively detested it. In their opinion an UI is only good when it has an AMOLED black background (and 0 px padding between UI elements, but that’s a different topic).

You can choose from several colors, not just your background colors.

Go to Wallpaper & Style > Basic colors. (on a Pixel; it might be slightly different on other phones)

Material You. I wondered why they wasted resources for … colors. But it’s so nice to have a consistently colored UI across apps and across dark/light modes, and I wished that more apps would support it. Also, those pastel colors are less stressful for the eyes than the previous grey/blue.

I know it’s not everyone’s taste but I really like it.

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