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[Jamie Strandboge <jamie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/26/2014 10:12 AM, Jason Warner wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Iain Lane <laney@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:laney@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>       - I find the new background quite unpleasant to look at due to its
>         brightness. Can it be toned down a bit?
>       - Is there any chance we can have this feature back please? I for one
>         enjoy the ability to customise the appearance of my phone and I'm
>         pretty sad that this has gone away. It seems that the argument is
>         that it's possible to select a wallpaper that makes content on the
>         home screen difficult to read. I suggest that you don't worry about
>         that; people are capable enough to realise what has happened and to
>         select another wallpaper.
> 
> 
> I'm in this camp as well. I know I've changed my iOS or Android background to
> something rather unpleasant and quickly changed it to something else. 
> 
> The challenge I see here is that unless we give some set of backgrounds for
> people to use other than one default non-changeable choice, it is bad user
> experience. As some else mentioned, it's likely a matter of personal taste.

+1

Changing the background is a simple customization that can have a big impact on
people's impression of the phone. It may sound dumb, but when I was finally able
to change the background on my phone to a favorite picture of mine, it really
made me happy and feel good about what we are doing. All of a sudden it was 'my
phone' and not just some pre-release tech. Phones are deeply personal: we have
them with us all the time, we talk to family with them, text our friends with
them, check movie times and dinner reservations, make plans with them, etc. Why
would we want to take a simple, yet meaningful, customization away from people?
People will know if they picked a background that doesn't work for them....

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Jamie Strandboge                 http://www.ubuntu.com/

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