Google Bans Android Phones From Having Three or More Notches (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @05:20AM from the enough-is-enough dept.

Google is building official notch support into Android P, but it's laying out some ground rules first: two notches is the limit. From a report: In a blog post for developers yesterday, Android UI product manager Megan Potoski wrote that Google is working with device partners "to mandate a few requirements" for app compatibility purposes. Among those are limits on notches. The mandate says that Android P phones can't have "more than two cutouts on a device." Only one notch is allowed per side, and notches are only allowed on the top and bottom edges -- not the left and right.

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Too bad by DontBeAMoran · 2018-07-31 05:23 · Score: 4, Insightful

They could have refused notches completely and mock Apple for doing something so ugly and impractical.

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WTF by owenferguson · 2018-07-31 07:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

So now "notch" is the word we use for "occlusion" when talking about shitty screen design?