One shortcoming of the larger Pixel 2 XL is that the bigger screen is not quite as impressive from
a design standpoint as Samsung's Galaxy S8 and Note 8, nor Apple's iPhone X. All four of phones have large, eye - popping OLED displays.
The KitKat update is polished and refined, and cements my belief that not only is Android leading the charge in mobile OSs from a functionality and user interface standpoint, but from
a design standpoint as well.
While not as exotic or original from
a design standpoint as Galaxy's spherical worlds, it's filled with the colour and charm you'd expect from uncle Nintendo.
Valkyria of the Blue Revolution), a literal translation was unwieldy, and difficult from a graphic
design standpoint as well, and adding in extra punctuation (e.g. Valkyria: Azure Revolution) didn't help either.
Not exact matches
As an ethic of obedience the Jewish morality was not
designed from the human
standpoint; that is, its purpose is not the realization of an ideal of man or of humanity.
While it was comfortable to hold and use (
as opposed to some others which felt poorly
designed from an ergonomic
standpoint), it just wasn't very effective at extracting milk.
«I want to make sure that everything that I am choosing and deciding from a
design standpoint is timeless and
as classic
as possible.»
So whether we're looking at modernizing a traditional African pattern, or creating a print that reflects African - American life
as our Brooklyn Life pillows do, every
design begins from a cultural
standpoint, and then the modern layers come in with color and materials.
From an aesthetic
standpoint, Maleficent may
as well be protecting Pandora from the grubby hands of the human scum who threaten its unobtainable beauty — and beauty really is unobtainable in a movie from first time director Robert Stromberg, who carries over his grotesque production
design aesthetic from Oz The Great and Powerful and the Tim Burton incarnation of Alice in Wonderland.
While an almost certain Academy Award contender for Sarah Greenwood's (Anna Karenina) production
design and Jacqueline Durran's (Mr. Turner) costumes, from an emotional
standpoint this Disney effort is about
as lively
as a roomful of catatonic narcoleptics high on sleeping pills.
From both a
design and alphabetical
standpoint, Jaguar's D - Type served
as a bridge between Jaguar's Le Mans - winning C - Type of the early «50s and the production E-Type, which made its debut in 1961.
From a
design standpoint, the Audi A7 is a standout in the market; while competitors such
as the BMW 5 - Series GranTurismo come close, the A7 is the least «SUV» in this segment.
Well,
as we said, it has a compact, elegant
design, with only a couple of buttons (since this is a touch - screen e-reader, there's a built - in virtual keyboard), and it matches up pretty well with the competition from a features
standpoint.
HP could hire a bunch of new hardware engineers into the webOS unit to make it happen, though we'd likely be looking at another year's worth of waiting
as they'd be starting from scratch organizationally and from a
design and engineering
standpoint.
There's some pretty poor texture work throughout the game, or at least there is when it decides to pop - in at all, and some questionable animation work
as well, denoting the fact that the Bureau isn't at the top of its technical game, but from a visual
design standpoint it is rather lovely.
From a
design standpoint, this is more polished in terms of the core gameplay mechanics (
as there are more of them and balanced to a greater degree).
The realism factor provides something of a challenge from a
design standpoint,
as it means that the player will basically be shooting the same people throughout the entire game.
In an inspired touch, the programmers portray this not only in level
design, but also from an artistic
standpoint,
as the time of day (and even the weather) changes
as time passes, and the number of enemies increases.
In spite of certain compromises which might have been targeted specifically at the console marketplace, such
as the adjustment of the stealth dynamic to reward direct confrontation, this reinvigoration of the franchise is, from a
design and gameplay
standpoint, both successful and honorable.
Talking to Gamasutra
as part of a video interview (below), Hecker explained that observing human behavior has led him to a game
design decision that is different from what he originally had assumed would work best from a behavioral
standpoint.
As we've noted, the current Nissan Leaf can be quite polarizing from a styling and
design standpoint — somewhat like the iconic 2004 Toyota Prius — with some people liking the statement and others wishing they were in a somewhat more «normal - looking» car.
From a visual
design standpoint, the Stealth 700 looks
as good
as Turtle Beach's other headset offerings.
Speaking from a pure
design standpoint, the wearable that's recently been given a second chance
as Project Aurora has apparently been at least somewhat successful in the eyes of Google's higher executives.