I reread Josh's response and other than his use of language in his title, he seemed mostly respectful and not angry. I think MG might have missed the point with the analogy since he mentioned that the nexus was more expensive.
But really, android vs ios is the new emacs vs vim.
What your reading is really representative of MG's and Josh's respective writing styles. MG is opinionated and polarizing. Josh is informative and (tries really hard to be) objective.
For the record I wasn't espousing that viewpoint, just providing a counterexample. Personally, I have a very similar opinion as you on Josh. I do find MG and Gruber a little haughty on occasion but I read their blogs regularly and appreciate their ability to articulate many points I've attempted to argue all over the net.
The issue I take with this little exchange is it feels like a very defensive move from Josh, perhaps with reason. I have to be honest, from the moment I tried a Galaxy Nexus at my local Best Buy I lost a little respect for his reviewing skills.
His description of the UI lag being virtually non existent in 4.0 is just flat out not true. Homescreen transitions have the exact same lag that was present on Honeycomb tablets and it's arguably worse than 2.3 IMO. They've done little or nothing to improve touch response. The massive screen and plastic body are matters of opinion, but the quality of the Android OS is still lacking.
I think calling out opinions as "horseshit" and taking the people's stance is a fairly childish move when those being called out are saying something reasonable, which is that Josh basically gave a pass to some still present downsides to Android and therefore there is more to say on the topic of the Galaxy Nexus from the perspective of those that choose to stick with iOS.
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I reread Josh's response and other than his use of language in his title, he seemed mostly respectful and not angry. I think MG might have missed the point with the analogy since he mentioned that the nexus was more expensive.
But really, android vs ios is the new emacs vs vim.
What your reading is really representative of MG's and Josh's respective writing styles. MG is opinionated and polarizing. Josh is informative and (tries really hard to be) objective.
That's one way to interpret it. You could also see it as MG being decisive and Joshua constantly waffling and attempting fake objectivity.
A great example would be the review scores for the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone 4S. Really? They just both happen to deserve an 8.6? What a coincidence.
I can definitely appreciate that viewpoint. I think I fall somewhere inbetween. Josh's writing style can strike me as mushy or even cowardly at times.
For the record I wasn't espousing that viewpoint, just providing a counterexample. Personally, I have a very similar opinion as you on Josh. I do find MG and Gruber a little haughty on occasion but I read their blogs regularly and appreciate their ability to articulate many points I've attempted to argue all over the net.
The issue I take with this little exchange is it feels like a very defensive move from Josh, perhaps with reason. I have to be honest, from the moment I tried a Galaxy Nexus at my local Best Buy I lost a little respect for his reviewing skills.
His description of the UI lag being virtually non existent in 4.0 is just flat out not true. Homescreen transitions have the exact same lag that was present on Honeycomb tablets and it's arguably worse than 2.3 IMO. They've done little or nothing to improve touch response. The massive screen and plastic body are matters of opinion, but the quality of the Android OS is still lacking.
I think calling out opinions as "horseshit" and taking the people's stance is a fairly childish move when those being called out are saying something reasonable, which is that Josh basically gave a pass to some still present downsides to Android and therefore there is more to say on the topic of the Galaxy Nexus from the perspective of those that choose to stick with iOS.