Google I/O 2014 Keynote

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James Martin 6/25/2014 4:30:49 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:30:52 PM
There's a ripple effect when touching tabs, and the dialer button floats above UI.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:31:09 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:31:29 PM
Tim Stevens 6/25/2014 4:31:30 PM
Seeing a nice demo of clean scrolling, with visual elements gradually sliding off the top of the screen. Nice and clean.
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:31:34 PM
Scrolling keeps tabs in place, search box disappears like it does in Chrome or Firefox for Android.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:31:55 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:32:02 PM
"We wanted to give you guys early access so you begin bringing Material to your apps," says Burke.
Tim Stevens 6/25/2014 4:32:09 PM
The transitions are smooth and clean, but one wonders how well this will look on an older, tired phone. He appears to be testing on a Nexus 5, but presumably there is nothing else running on there. Performance on L is a big question for me.
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:32:17 PM
Material redesigns coming to all Google services "over the summer."
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:32:31 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:32:46 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:33:05 PM
Tim's point about performance is excellent. Last year's Google Maps redo has been doggy for many people, despite Google's claims.
Tim Stevens 6/25/2014 4:33:11 PM
Well, shucks. Thanks.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:33:23 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:33:36 PM
Lockscreen and notification shade will be merged in L
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James Martin 6/25/2014 4:33:39 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:33:50 PM
New notification: heads-up notification coming in L.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:33:54 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:34:10 PM
Tim Stevens 6/25/2014 4:34:19 PM
A little game of Piano Tiles up on screen now. Looks like fun.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:34:37 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:34:40 PM
Heads-up notification will allow things like calls to come in without interrupting whatever game you're playing. You can just swipe the interruption away.
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:35:28 PM
Whoa. Very cool security feature.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:35:45 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:35:59 PM
If you're wearing a bluetooth watch and holding your phone, the phone will auto-unlock. Two-factor authentication.
Tim Stevens 6/25/2014 4:36:02 PM
Pebble users will be familiar with an app called Pebble Lock that does something similar. Glad to see this getting baked into the OS.
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:36:08 PM
No watch, and you get the pattern unlock.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:36:30 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:36:36 PM
Avni Shah from the Chrome team onstage talking Chrome for mobile
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:36:50 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:37:23 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:37:38 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:37:51 PM
Shah is showing us search-exploration.googleplex.com.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:37:58 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:38:23 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:38:25 PM
"Fast, fluid, continuous animation at 60 frames per second," she says. "This just wasn't possible a year ago."
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:38:44 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:38:59 PM
Pitch for Polymer as the tool to help devs build this kind of experience for the Web.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:39:26 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:39:50 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:40:06 PM
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:40:31 PM
seth.rosenblatt 6/25/2014 4:40:48 PM
Tabs are presented in a stack with drop shadows -- sort of a mix of what Apple is doing with skeuomorphism and more familiar design.
James Martin 6/25/2014 4:40:56 PM