Its seems like there are quite a few people in the same boat. Less than 4 reviews, which is the number being batted around quite a bit.
Two assumptions: 1) All apps get 4 reviews (this number has been batted around, and I'm pretty sure Dan M. said it himself) 2) We're pretty much at the end of the first round. The mythical "Top 100". The first cutoff. That would mean most of the reviews were done by just reading the docs. I will admit, my docs are not great. They were absolutely an afterthought. Assuming our observations are correct, I'm not happy about that. I would certainly have cut out some of the last minute stuff I did to the app and made very polished docs and a video explaining the app instead. That's pretty frustrating. However, we still have a week, if they stick to "week of May 5th", and they pulled a surprise month and a half extension during the contest itself, so I would in no way be surprised if they blew their date by another week. Its not like the first phones are coming out anytime soon. If they were doing most of the reviews by a quick read of the docs to save time, I think they should blow out the date and actually have somebody look at the apps. Good idea or bad idea, there's a lot of work in there. Some people are going to be upset regardless, but I think a lot of us share the "happy to lose, but you have to look at it" opinion. I think that's the last I'll say about it till after. Not much we can really do now anyway. One last log check... Nothing. Well, "robots.txt". That's it. On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Incognito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I see two possibilities of the current state of the contest: > > > > a) Judges were instructed to use the READ ME files to get the idea of > > the app if possible. If they know enough, they don't even open the > > application and give the score right on the info they receive. A very > > detailed README + plus a good idea might lure more judges to actually > > test the app to give a higher score. > > In my case I have a fairly detailed readme/documentation (16 pages > > with screenshots and everything) and I received >4 hits. > > > > b) The second possibility is that judging is really behind schedule > > and they are still in the first batch of judging. > > > > However, I believe, the number 1788 contains also resubmits (?) and > > google is a very focused company. So I think (hope) that they are > > actually on schedure and are already in the second round of > > judging. :) > > > > No resubmits. All unique entries. > > > > > Good luck to u all!, > > J > > > > On 2 Mai, 08:54, "Net Competency" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Our server get NO hits ... it is likely that our app can not make HTTP > > > connection to our server (port 80) ... Are the judges get enough how-to > set > > > the emulator to be able to connect to the Internet --- seting proxy etc ? > > > > > Our application make assumption that the application inside emulator can > > > make a HTTP connection to a server on the Net without taking care about > > > proxy :(( > > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:40 AM, ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Arnaud, > > > > > > You're not alone. I have four apps submitted that are > > > > client/server. Here is ALL hits so far (from to Apr 24 to Aprl 28): > > > > App A (1 hit) > > > > App B (2 hit) > > > > App C (3 hit) > > > > App D (3 hit) > > > > > > What I can conclude from the log I have: > > > > > > 1. Not all the four judges (if there are) looked at > > > > each app by actually running it. (I have finished all > > > > submitals 1 months before the deadline and they were well > > > > polished, so that the chance of crash at the test > > > > phase is very low) > > > > > > 2. The review by running the apps were very quick (probably less than > > > > 10 seconds, except one hit) and verysimple (seems only the > > > > home screens were reached) > > > > > > I think there are three possibilities here: > > > > 1. I am out > > > > 2. The judges did not have time to look carefully at > > > > the apps by running it before scores were made. That > > > > means the readme is extremely important. If I knew > > > > that, we would have put lots of our dream features into > > > > the readme. > > > > 3. The judge process is still on going. We need to be > > > > patient and I hope google can give us some update and > > > > put off rumors and worries. > > > > > > Don't be discouraged. As a developer too, I believe all > > > > developers and their works deserves respect. Even the > > > > submital ranked as 1788th could be a master piece one day. > > > > > > > Good Luck, everyone.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
