Really? It's a touch screen device that asks you to tap TWICE to execute the action for an icon. I wouldn't consider that "best". I see in the video that the first tap shows the text then second executes, but really, if their icons were good enough (They are) they don't need multiple taps. It's just typically Nintendo pandering and assuming their users are stupid. Just like they do when they depend on massive tutorials for their games. Nintendo are backwards in so many ways.
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Nintendo Switch UI video from some guy [named hiphoptherobot]
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Really? It's a touch screen device that asks you to tap TWICE to execute the action for an icon. I wouldn't consider that "best". I see in the video that the first tap shows the text then second executes, but really, if their icons were good enough (They are) they don't need multiple taps. It's just typically Nintendo pandering and assuming their users are stupid. Just like they do when they depend on massive tutorials for their games. Nintendo are backwards in so many ways.
Android isn't really geared towards gaming.
But the odds are the Switch will be running Linux.
Nvidia is a the biggest player in GPU compute and Linux is pretty much a given there.
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/linux-tegra-r242
^ Linux For Tegra
I see very little benefit to running Android on the Switch.
Funny enough though this screenshot totally looks like the Holo Design that was introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
But the odds are the Switch will be running Linux.
Nvidia is a the biggest player in GPU compute and Linux is pretty much a given there.
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/linux-tegra-r242
^ Linux For Tegra
I see very little benefit to running Android on the Switch.
Funny enough though this screenshot totally looks like the Holo Design that was introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
Cuningas de Häme
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I love the doubletap thing. I hate it when I accidentally press a touchscreen button and it does something I don't want.
Ninty way is like a double click on PC. Superior way.
I have man sized fingers and touch screen don't register them well for some reason. Maybe my electricity or whatever is so low...
Ninty way is like a double click on PC. Superior way.
I have man sized fingers and touch screen don't register them well for some reason. Maybe my electricity or whatever is so low...
I mean that if they could use a free OS, having it based on something more "low-level", like Linux or FreeBSD.
Android in itself is based off the Linux kernel, so being Android based instead of just Linux would be puzzling.
I might have phrased my post wrong, now that I think about it.
I have messed around with the Shield TV, my housemate asked me to pick up one when I was in America 2 years ago. It is a fine system.
Yeah, is pretty useless for a machine dedicated for games.
The argument is this: looks like Android, it must be running Android. The kernel it is running cannot be judged by the appearance of the UI. If it is running just the "Android kernel", it is not running Android. The tools Nvidia has made are likely POSIX or close to that standard, and would take no time using any Unix like kernel.
Android is still a pretty insecure platform, which takes very little effort to install cracked software on. And while Nintendo (and everyone) has had their systems cracked, the concern is about how long it takes to crack, and how easy it is to do. Going with Android gives pirates a pretty easy plan of attack.
This is a pretty easy thing to find out. If hiphoptherobot would be so kind to look at the license page, it would clearly say if and where the GPL code is from.
PS: Thanks for the videos hiphoptherobot!
Really, are people making assumptions only because of this? Then those fake iphones are really using iOS for them, right?
Man, who cares if its Android or not!
Can we get confirmation whether or not bluetooth headphones work?
I second this. And time to bring this to the new page. XD
I didn't see any option for bluetooh on the video but a confirmation would be nice.
Android isn't really geared towards gaming.
But the odds are the Switch will be running Linux.
Nvidia is a the biggest player in GPU compute and Linux is pretty much a given there.
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/linux-tegra-r242
^ Linux For Tegra
I see very little benefit to running Android on the Switch.
Funny enough though this screenshot totally looks like the Holo Design that was introduced in Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0)
You mean, the kernel they used for the Shield TV, which is their customized Android kernel?
You know, the one I said that they should be basing their efforts on for the Switch because it contains their optimisations for the platform they've spent years developing?
Yes, that's the kernel I expect the Switch to be based on because that was my argument from the very start! Fuck.
*storms off in a huff*
Coolsambob
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It really does. I gave up trying to keep mine tidy and just covered it in those badges.
Man, who cares if its Android or not!
Can we get confirmation whether or not bluetooth headphones work?
Well since gaf is lost in a pointless conversation i did some research and it seems we are in luck and the switch supports bluetooth headphones.
http://nintendotoday.com/switch-bluetooth-headsets/
I just found it weird since in the video i didn't saw anything pointing to this.
Man, who cares if its Android or not!
Can we get confirmation whether or not bluetooth headphones work?
I mean, if it was Android one might have a way to sideload the Google Play Store on this thing. That could be interesting for someone who wants to use Switch as a tablet.
I'd love to learn more about the Bluetooth capabilities too.
Is it possible to connect a random Bluetooth speaker? I'd love to use one for tabletop mode every once in a while (e.g. vacation).
Really appreciate you doing all this hiphoptherobot. Try nothing that would make Nintendo be able to identify the sender though. I bet he's sweating blood and tears as is right now.
And we have had weirder stuff happen with blocked consoles and all that.
Is it possible to connect a random Bluetooth speaker? I'd love to use one for tabletop mode every once in a while (e.g. vacation).
Really appreciate you doing all this hiphoptherobot. Try nothing that would make Nintendo be able to identify the sender though. I bet he's sweating blood and tears as is right now.
And we have had weirder stuff happen with blocked consoles and all that.
That's a very good point but we know how nintendo is and making google play available seems a impossible thing to happen.
I understand what you mean but there's no way to know if it runs android until at least it comes out and people start exploring it or nvdia/nintendo shows more documents or patents about it.
No way we can figure the OS just by looking trough an UI.
For now until we get some answer we only know what i shared on my post above.
It seems to support bluetooth headsets so i guess a speaker also works.
Also the 3.5mm jack also works on dock mode so i guess bluetooth headphones are also compatible when connected to the tvprobably.
Naked Snake
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I think the Switch will totally get an Android rom running on it if/when it's hacked. Will probably lose it's Switch functionalities though. I wonder if a dual boot would be possible.
This is not true, if it is using licensed software such as Linux, or L/GPLed libraries, they must include it in a places that are visible, either in the instruction manual that came with the device, or located in the settings. If they do not they are in violation of the terms, and could be sued and forced to stop selling the Switch.
jts
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With horrid controls, no online whatsoever and 30 minutes battery life.
What Android phones are far more powerful than the Nintendo Switch?
Sure, I know about the leaks, but it seems like this would be something hiphoptherobot could actually test with the Switch at hand.
Sony is the worst in this regard e.g. on cellphones and apperantly the PS4, they only allow a certain set of Bluetooth devices. I myself had the problem that I bought a good Sony headset for my cellphone, upgraded to another Sony phone and the headset wasn't supported anymore. And that wasn't even Bluetooth but a normal 3.5mm headset.
So it would be pretty cool, if all kinds of Bluetooth devices are supported.
I don't understand the importance of debating if it's Android based or not. Even if it's Android based it's probably a very custom version of it that is built to be optimised around gaming part.
Switch having an Android based OS is not a bad thing, fellow Nintendo fans.
Switch not having an Android based OS is not a bad thing either.
What's important is not the kernel but the functionalities at least for the consumers.
Switch having an Android based OS is not a bad thing, fellow Nintendo fans.
Switch not having an Android based OS is not a bad thing either.
What's important is not the kernel but the functionalities at least for the consumers.
And that's exactly the kind of thing Nintendo doesn't want. Nor Sony and Microsoft.
Wow, you´re really reading too much into it. I strongly disagree with the "massive tutorials", as outside of some Zelda games, Nintendo games usually have excellent level design that teaches you by playing. I´d this is much more prevalent than games with big tutorials.
That said, I agree thought that a single touch should´ve been enough, like in WiiU. Maybe you can launch them with a single A button press like in DS and WiiU?
I can't believe I'm reading this. I love that OS. It's simple and it works.
It's super slow and clunky. Want to use the camera? Sorry, need to close the game first and then wait a bit. You want to get to the store? You need to leave the store first and then go to the settings to update your system (instead of letting you update from the eShop). You want to leave the settings? The system needs to restart now.
Just a few examples of why the OS is extremely badly programmed.
Not only that, the 3DS OS is like mixing ten packages of LEGO and building something with pieces of each of those ten packages. It feels like a clusterfuck of styles and themes all developed by Nintendo, where in some the help comes from a bird and others from a kind of robot TV. It just is unpleasant to use and look at.
The one in Switch is just a skeleton, but at least feels like a design philosophy is behind it.
kraspkibble
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I don't care what it's running on. It looks far better than the 3DS UI so as far as I'm concerned it's a huge upgrade.
It looks real nice and clean. Although not a fan of all the white but first thing I'll do is put on the black theme.
It looks real nice and clean. Although not a fan of all the white but first thing I'll do is put on the black theme.
Why would I if I have a Switch in two weeks?
UncleSporky
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This is incidental to the design itself, which is functional and intuitive, and has no ads or "information overload." A tile for every app, and you can even shrink and grow them to display more or fewer icons at once. It just makes sense for a gaming device.
I think the Switch is doing it much better already.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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holy shit UI looks goooood. nice and snappy, and I like the modern feel. Dark theme ftw
edit: yeah 3DS UI is pretty terrible. Its such a clusterfuck
edit: yeah 3DS UI is pretty terrible. Its such a clusterfuck
Like what its voltage? 100-240.
More like A
shira
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IntelliHeath
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I appreciate the videos y'all made but I wonder why we haven't seen anything from Mii Maker since they are suppose to get new additions?
-Pyromaniac-
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I agree. Any time I saw someone praise it I remember why none of those people are UX/UI designers.
The Switch OS looks leagues better.
You can sideload the Play Store on Kindle Fire. Otherwise, the Amazon device would be quite limited. But I don't expect that to work on Switch. It's Nintendo we're talking about.
The start up sound isn't the Switch click
But it is. It's just video starting right after it
I remember trying to download a free dlc for Fire Emblem. It took me forever because not only there are dozens of screens to make a purchase, it took me to the eshop with all the painful process to finally donwload my incredibly small and useless free dlc.
If I had to pay it would probably have convinced me to give up the idea, lol. I hope Switch games handle dlcs and its eshop better
If I had to pay it would probably have convinced me to give up the idea, lol. I hope Switch games handle dlcs and its eshop better
Skittzo0413
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Thank you so much for this info! So friends list on the console is confirmed (though that was basically confirmed by the dev document leak and Nintendo themselves but it's nice to actually see it).
Also as a fellow pom (well, part pom) owner your dog is adorable.
Rogue Agent
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Thanks, hiphoptherobot. All these videos are great.
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IntelliHeath
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Thanks but he didn't really get into Maker to see the options since it suppose to get new colors and styles according to an article.
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