[byron_fast]

Wow that card interface, though beautiful, looks like a real waste of time to develop. A list of text links would be faster and more effective. But mobile!

[panic]

A list of text links would be faster and more effective.

What makes you say that? The card interface gives a sense of context--you can still see the stuff behind it. You can pull on the entire card to navigate instead of hitting a small text target. I haven't used the UI, but it looks like it works pretty well.

[byron_fast]

To access a previous card, you could have a small target for each. The front one can always have a large target.

The card metaphor has no value. No extra information is communicated, and yet it is expensive to program and display.

UIs always look like they work well when demoed by the creator. Show me a usability test with this, and then you'll see the reality.

[pbreit]

Yeah, I didn't get the card thing either. Seems too "thick" to me. The whole thing feels a little over-designed. I suspect the users may be to blame since we tend to like this crap.