I came accross this article –Smartphone users “go gray” to curb addiction which states
One such trick is “going gray,” or switching the screen to grayscale, a.k.a. black and white. This is a growing trend, according to Nellie Bowles in the New York Times. The whole idea is to make the screen far less attractive and appealing, thereby reducing the amount of time one is inclined to spend on it.
and I thought of how black and white the Windows Phone UI was. The live tiles had some colour, but thee rest of the UI was rarely anything other than black and white (mostly black). I can”t help but wonder now if that made it less attractive and appealing.
skane2600
<p>The correct answer is "No".</p>
Bats
<p>What killed Windows Phone was Windows Phone and Microsoft. It was a phone that had littel to zero technologies that appealed to people. Quite honestly, the people who I asked why they bought a Windows Phone , was because they were sold on it by people the Wireless Carrier salesperson or the Microsoft salesperson. Why they stopped using it,….was because of the Windows Phone UI. You know what? They even said that UI was even intuitive at all. Some even said that the Windows Phone homescreen was even UGLY. That person who said that, … I saw his Galaxy S6 phone. Do you know what he has on his homescreen? Picture of his family! He even has his apps lined up vertically along the outer edge as so the view of his family won't be covered. You can't even DREAM of doing that on a Windows Phone. So…again, did a "theme" kill Windows Phone? Again…NO.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#241997"><em>In reply to Bats:</em></a></blockquote><p>Be careful with generalizations. We own 4 Windows Phones and no salesperson was involved (other than ringing-up the purchases). I find Microsoft's approach of accessing apps via an alphabetical list (which is just a swipe away) much better than having to scroll through screen after screen of unorganized app placement. One can also pin an app to the start screen if desired.</p><p><br></p><p>I don't find the inability to put a photo on the start screen a major issue, but it's a matter of personal preference I guess.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#242039"><em>In reply to illuminated:</em></a></blockquote><p>MS may have been able to get to market sooner if they just had "finger-touch-ized" their pre-iPhone smartphone interface rather than trying to start down the road of "One Windows" </p><p><br></p><p>Developers always want to wipe the slate clean and create their own system rather than adapting the old one (IMO, that's why we have so many new web frameworks).</p><p><br></p><p>But it's quite possible that MS was too late even if they had started sooner.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#242268"><em>In reply to wunderbar:</em></a></blockquote><p>I haven't used it but looking at some screen shots, it still uses scroll bars which are very much stylus-oriented. So I don't think it's really the embodiment of the scenario I described. </p>