10 messages in com.googlegroups.android-challengeRe: Submissions judged on appearance ...| Subject: | Re: Submissions judged on appearance or functionality? |
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| From: | Dan U. (dan....@gmail.com) |
| Date: | 02/27/2008 11:58:19 AM |
| List: | com.googlegroups.android-challenge |
Somewhere I read mention of having apps that are "polished", so I'm really focusing on EVERY part of my apps, UI included. The way I see it, the judges could have such various backgrounds that I need to make everything look great, run great, and be fun to use.
Let me give an example. Lets say a judge is a non-technical type. You might hand in an app that requires thinking technically just to use it. Maybe you haven't implemented some EditText validation code. I'd expect a techie to think "Oh, I bet I need to input in this format." and I'd expect a non-techie to think "It's broken, fix it!"
On Feb 27, 11:46 am, conlan <con...@gmail.com> wrote:
I think for this first part of the competition, they should judge solely on functionality. The SDK will constantly be changing and a poor looking app that functions well can always be tweaked to look better later.
Then for the second half, the part when phones have been publicly released, then they should take appearance into account since we'll have been able to test on actual devices.
imho
On Feb 27, 10:36 am, Peli <peli...@googlemail.com> wrote:
A.) We are not designers, we are programmers.
This is a funny argument: If a designer wanted to participate in the challenge (which is open to everyone - afaik), could he then say:
"I don't think functionality matters much - we are not programmers, we are designers." ;-)