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Offline fefrie

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Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« on: March 07, 2012, 12:28:43 am »
Or how I learned to love the bomb

As belle becomes a bad dream now that I've reflashed back to anna,  these are the things that I can remember that I hated about belle:

  • couldn't add shortcuts as a bookmark on home screens
  • deleting emails using active sync would go back to main page instead of next message.  Difficult to delete as you view
  • huge email widget, the fact that it scrolls isn't really a big deal for me.
  • 'place widgets wherever you want', doesn't really work that way, makes for a lot of wasted space
  • HUGE clock purely for show taking too much space and adding not much functionality
  • missed the notifications widget in anna
  • file manager seemed racist against F drive.
  • didn't like how the call button was placed.  It seemed like it was harder to access, smaller, not as user friendly
  • the interface just seemed to have a lot of swiping and buried menus
  • Didn't like the addition of the apps button on the bottom toolbar, especially since it was duplicated by the physical button
  • I don't have data on my phone and just just wifi, so the dropdown menu was not useful to me, especially since it took up screen real eastate
  • Video playlist lost the /captured video/other video/unwatched video management system. It also lost the 'unwatched video' tag.  For someone that downloads alot of youtube videos, it made it hard to know what I already did or didn't see.  the fact that they didn't play as a playlist wasn't a big deal

Feel free to add to this list, or add why you think certin features are better on belle
« Last Edit: March 07, 2012, 12:30:42 am by fefrie »

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2012, 02:44:15 am »
Hi there,

I like your comments, but you can get anna notification from here.

Anyway +1 for your review.

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2012, 07:06:58 pm »
belle nice

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2012, 07:23:20 pm »
1.couldn't add shortcuts as a bookmark on home screens


that can be done

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2012, 08:30:27 pm »
I think you need to get more used to ui of belle :D

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2012, 09:27:43 pm »
I think you need to get more used to ui of belle :D
who ?

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2012, 09:40:00 pm »
most of the thing can be arrange if you search properly....:)

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Re: Things I didn't like about belle and why I like anna better
« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2012, 09:42:20 am »
guess this review of belle was done when fefrie was in a really bad mood...:P
jokes apart, i think belle is fantastic compared to the previous versions of symbian. and most of the drawbacks as mentioned by you can be overcome with apps eg there is app to place bookmarks on the homescreen.