I don't even have slightest idea where should I put that, so I will write that down here
Sometime at night of 13/14 june I have updated my Samsung A25 Smartphone. I almost instantly found this update extremely horrible, below there is some of feedback I would like to give
WHAT I DISLIKE ABOUT THIS UPDATE
1. Lock sreen
One thing that I absolutely hate about this update is new lock screen, when you swipe up to type in password you see... white background. Before this update there was same image as on wallpaper witha a little bit of darkning effect, now what would be my issue with that change?
Faded wallpaper was better and not only I get blank backround. The fact thayt I use DARK theme and PIN backround IS WHITE and NOT BLACK. Oh I cant wait till there is need to quickly check something important after dark just to get my eyes flashbanged with that idiotic white scren
2. Slide down menus
One thing that always annoyed me on phones is this option where you have two separate slide down menus - on for notifications and one for settings, and now I have to deal with that ***** on my personal phone, thanks, I hate it.
Other thing is the fact that quick settings are now folding into two rows, there yoused to be alyways 4 at display, now if you want for you need to unfold it yourself
Lucky for me there is option to change it back into single menu
3. Gemini App and icons arrangement
What a great idea, let us force useless app on our clients devices, Do you even know that decisions like that are usually frowned upon by consuments? Not only gemini is useless AI Model. Addition of it to my phone moved all icons by one row.
I had to move every single app a row higher back to its place, which now is a little bit different becouse space of apps now reach a little bit higher as bar on top is now slimmer
4. Notifications
What are those giant behemoths? Wasn't It possible to make them even larger? Those notifications are so large that I could make yo mama joke about that, but I cant since they are so thick that they make even yo mama look slim.
5. Widgets
This update made some of widgets absolutely thick and other widgets so tiny and thin that I will probably need to put glasses on before even attempting to read them.
SOME THINGS THAT I ACTUALY LIKE ABOUT THAT UPDATE
1. New app icons
I actually like new graphic design some of the apps like gallery, camera, contacts, settings etc. I think that most of them looks nicer than before
2. Music controller alyways on display in slide down menu
I can be described as music addict, and having this music menu always in slide down menu looks pretty good to me, personally I believe it to be better than menu appearing in notifications everytime music is played.
3. Volume options in slide down menu
one of few things that I can consider improvement in this update, I'm glad it actually appeared in there.
MY RECOMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPERS
- Have in mind that some of the people really hate changing things that they are used to, instead of forcing changes and giving option to go back for people who dont like it, don't force that change, instead send notification with info about what was added and what settings you can now change for your liking
- Alyways give as many options to go back as possible if you are changing something
- Developers and Companies should always watch for people's feedbacks. You see, higher ups who make decisions here are not for making stuff better as their job and sometimes their actions lead for decisions that consumers hate
- Before implementing anything new take mind if it's actually going to be convenient to use
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS
- If you're reading this take my mockery and sarcasm as critique and irony, not as a direct insult. Insulting people responsible for that is not my goal here, I want to show what is wrong with updates and what could be improved next time
- I would be very glad if someone reading this would answer me and wrote down all available to them options of changing some of the features back for the better
