View Single Post
Posts: 1,513 | Thanked: 2,248 times | Joined on Mar 2006 @ US
#24
Here is what he said on intuitiveness:

Most of it is intuitive; however, the lack of a back button (or any other button for that matter!) meant that sometime you had no clue how to navigate around the device.

For example, to back up from an application or a Web page, you press the very top left of the screen. Unfortunately, there;s no icon there to indicate this functionality, so if you;ve never used the phone before, you;ll have no idea what to do whatsoever!. Of course, you;ll get used to this over time, but it;s unnecessarily confusing
Now I have yet to try out a N900 so I can't say if I agree or disagree, but I have wondered about it... and if maybe by "intuitive", he means expected or familiar. After all, most of us have had cell phones with a home key, menu key and back (or ESC) key and know well how to use them.

I will keep an open mind, but I still suspect that having NO keys on the face of the device was not done for reasons of practicality or functionality.
__________________
3-time Maemo Community Council Member
Co-Founder, Hildon Foundation