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Anders_ASUSThanks a lot for your answer. I appreciate the effort you took to respond precisely. I still have a few comments, I don't want to be annoying but I think they deserve to be precised.https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/11164/heres-everything-to-improve-in-zenui
Wow, this is the mother of longest lists of suggestions that I've ever seen ?
I'm impressed by your enthusiasm and the cheer number of questions but I'm pretty sure you would have removed many of them if you had waited with publishing it until you had read more posts in this forum and used the phone for an even longer period.
Unfortunately I don't have time to reply ever singe request but I can say that a lot of our design comes directly from Stock Android.
Part 1: Sound
ZenUI is an "enhanced" version of Stock Android just like OxygenOS. Some changes, we feel are important enough to change and other we might let be even though we agree that they could be made better. The reason for this is that every change we make, will increase the risk of bugs and future updates will take longer to release.
So even though I agree with some of your sound suggestions, we're not going to touch this part. It's up to Google to improve this part.
Part 2: Camera
Regarding the camera. The time it takes to switch between the two cameras is too long to be used with zooming. People would find it more frustrating than useful if they accidentally switch camera.
3rd party apps are welcome to use our wide angle camera but there's nothing we can do from our end without a huge risk of creating bugs. This has been discussed before and the short answer is that it won't happen.
We want the zoom to be as precise as it is. You can slide the shutter button sideways if you want to zoom it all the way in one go without compromising on smoothness.
Regarding the HDR. I believe that if we named our HDR options to off, auto and HDR on, then there would be less confusion. The most important thing is the end result and if you take two pictures with HDR auto (when HDR+ is detected) and HDR++, you will notice that the end result is quite similar. I believe the difference you experience is no HDR, VS HDR++.
Software is a VERY big part of the final result. This is why Google has been able to deliver flagship performance with an inferior camera. Our performance is much better now compared to when we launched ZenFone 6 and it will become even better with time.
Part 3: Gallery app
In gallery you can easily delete several pictures in one go. If you want to view image by image, then you can zoom out and delete by swiping. In the image overview you can hold one picture to select it and after that you can select several pictures with one tap per picture. You can also pinch out to see even more pictures. You can hold your finger on one picture and then drag it across several pictures to select a whole series of pictures.
Your request to save final slo-mo files would require the phone to do this in the background because they don't magically end up as slow motion. Your clip with 120-480fps needs to be trans coded to 30fps. It's very demanding and could make your phone slow if done in the background and then you wouldn't understand why your phone is so slow.
Part 4: Screen
If you think you screen is too green, then set your color mode to customized. Now you have the same option as a color wheel even though the interface uses sliders.
There's a lift to check phone option in the display settings just like in oxygenOS
I really like your suggestion about music gestures. I will make sure to pass this on to our developers.
Part 5: Hardware related
Fingerprint reliability can be increased by creating several profiles for the same finger and the hardware is what it is. Our fp reader isn't any worse than the one used in Oneplus 3. My guess is that you managed to set up a better profile for your finger in that phone. Only ultrasonic fingerprint sensors work well with humidity.
Our super saving mode could be more aggressive but the extra time you get by throttling the cpu only matters if you use your phone and you shouldn't use your phone when you have it in super saving mode. Limiting or disabling network on the other hand, makes a difference even in standby.
You screen will wake up with pocket mode but you won't be able to press anything as the proximity sensor makes the pocket mode active as long as it's covered. No need to worry about using the smart key or fingerprint sensor.
Part 6: UI
Most of these comments are either bugs or design that will be fixed in Q so no need for me to comment. The parts that won't change must be fixed by Google.
To access the settings for every quick button, you need to long press them. This was changed by Google in Android Pie.
I thank you for all your feedback and welcome you to make a new and hopefully a lot shorter list when Android Q has been released
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10-24-2019 02:34 AM
Mr.DogeCamera: I understand your point but our devs only want to have three options and they find that auto HDR feature works in 9 times out of 10 so currently they don't see any need for forced enable of HDR+.https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/21454#Comment_21454
Thanks a lot for your answer. I appreciate the effort you took to respond precisely. I still have a few comments, I don't want to be annoying but I think they deserve to be precised.
Sound : I understand and hope Google will make a better interface
Camera : Regarding HDR, I agree with you but still don't really like HDR++ because it often brightens the image unnaturally and takes longer to take the photo.
Gallery : Thanks for your tip! It's exactly what I was searching for. Regarding slow-mo, I understand, and I was saying that because my Oneplus 3 (at least before android 9) was able to process slow-mos in a few seconds, so I still think it's possible.
Screen : I tried customized color mode and I can tell the tint slider has no impact on how whites look like. I'm no developer, sure, but I don't think a color wheel is that hard to implement.
Hardware : I don't really agree when you say that you shouldn't use the phone in battery saving mode, for me the point is being able to do what I have to do for longer. No big deal though because the battery is excellent.
Pocket mode does not disable the fingerprint scanner, I just tried. I still would appreciate more vibration feedback for the smart key.
UI : Regarding the quick settings, it is still possible to access the bluetooth and wifi lists on the zenfone 5/5z even though it runs Pie. So maybe you could get this on ZenUI 6 because it is so practical.
By the way, the screen flicker when rotating has been fixed in 194. Very cool!
Thanks again, and don't worry, I'm planning on doing the same thing for android 10 and I, too, hope it will be a lot shorter ?
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10-24-2019 04:48 AM
Anders_ASUSThank you, I really appreciate this dedication. Now I understand your views and I'm looking forward for good changes on Google's and Asus's sides. ?https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/21629#Comment_21629
Camera: I understand your point but our devs only want to have three options and they find that auto HDR feature works in 9 times out of 10 so currently they don't see any need for forced enable of HDR+.
Gallery: OnePlus 3 had a slow motion of 720p at 120fps. Our slow motion needs to process 4 times as much data. It's not just the cpu power but the storage performance. Maybe it's possible to enable this for 1080p at 120fps but then people will ask why we haven't enabled it for 240 & 480 fps.
Screen: ok, those sliders only change the hue of colors, not 100% white and blacks. I understand now what you want and I will forward this request to our developers.
Hardware: I get your point but changing those parameters won't result in much longer battery life but the user experience will be much worse which is why we find it's not worth it
I talked to a developer about pocket mode and he confirmed that it will be disabled when using the fingerprint reader (so I was wrong) because this is seen an active choice by the user. You will know when you have your finger on the fingerprint reader (you can actively choose not to have your finger there). Not like when accidently pressing a button from the outside of your pants. A lot of users want to wake their phone while the phone is still in their pocket. If we change it so that it is unlocked but doesn't allow touch input, then this methodology will impact ROG Phone II as well and a lot of users want to be able to hold the top of the phone while unlocking the phone using the indisplay fingerprint reader.
UI: We don't want it to work like that. We choose to go the same path as Google.
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