still not getting the active frames and hub thing
Alright, I'm going to finally stick my neck out and ask this. I'm hoping to get a thoughtful/helpful answer or three along with the sarcastic ones ;)
When they talk about active frames they say "you don't need to go in and out like android/ios". But you still need to swipe up to get rid of it, and tap on another frame to choose that one; I guess I don't see how that is different from (on android) clicking the recently used apps button and choosing what I want - its still two clicks, and I still go back to where I left off in the recently used app. So I guess I'm not seeing the benefit there.
Then as for the hub they talk about one swipe and you see all your incoming stuff, can't you just swipe down from the top on android and see the notification shade, and from there I can ignore it and go back to what I'm doing or choose it? Again, seems like the same gesture, so I guess I'm missing the point on that too.
And to say that active frames aren't widgets or live tiles seems like semantics/splitting hairs too, because it displays updated info and when you click it it goes into the app; isn't that what widgets and live tiles do too?
Seriously, I'm not bashing the product, I am assuming that I'm the one who doesn't get it; but I would like it if someone could help me see the distinctions as they just seem kind of esoteric to me.
Thanks :o
still not getting the active frames and hub thing
Originally Posted by
austriker Well the active frames are completely different than widgets.
For example the active frames display information from your apps that can change based on the app's guidelines.
And the widgets display information from the apps that can change based on the app's guidelines.
Oh wait a second there..
Ha, sorry I couldnt resist. Perhaps someone cooler than me can actually answer your question.
Android widgets are separately downloadable. With BlackBerry 10 the app itself acts like a widget in the active frames screen. If I'm not mistaken the developer decides what info gets displayed in the frame.