Episode 124: UX

Android Developers Backstage

Episode | Podcast

Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 16:04:14 +0000

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: right;"></div> <div style="text-align: right;"></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lexm_-o3IzI/Xbbza0YKCwI/AAAAAAAAM48/r5_ohADask0fo5rCOGwgs1P8k4Ihyg59ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/IMG_20191016_145931.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lexm_-o3IzI/Xbbza0YKCwI/AAAAAAAAM48/r5_ohADask0fo5rCOGwgs1P8k4Ihyg59ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_20191016_145931.jpg" width="320" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chet, Glen, Rod, and Tor. <span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Il n'y a pas de Romain. </span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> In this episode, Chet and Tor talk with Rod Graves and Glen Murphy from the Android UX team.<br /> <br /> We talked about various UX changes in Android over the years, as well as UI design in general. For example, Glen compared UX design to API design; trying to provide an interface for the users of your product that helps them build a mental model to better understand how everything fits and works together.<br /> <br /> Favorite acronym: "WTFY"<br /> <br /> <br /> Subscribe to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/AndroidDevelopersBackstage" target="_blank">podcast feed</a> or download the <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/androiddevelopers/android_developers_backstage/ADB%20124%20UX.mp3" target="_blank">audio file</a> directly.<br /> <br /> <b>Links</b>:<br /> <br /> <b>Rod</b>: <a href="https://twitter.com/rgraves">@rgraves</a><br /> <b>Glen</b>: <a href="https://twitter.com/gmurphy">@gmurphy</a><br /> <b>Chet</b>: <a href="http://twitter.com/chethaase" target="_blank">@chethaase</a><br /> <b>Tor</b>: <a href="http://twitter.com/tornorbye" target="_blank">@tornorbye</a><br /> <b>Romain</b>: <a href="http://twitter.com/romainguy" target="_blank">@romainguy</a><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><i><br /></i></div> <i>Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.</i></div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/AndroidDevelopersBackstage/~4/Ro8lHiPVSDI" width="1" />