Wayne Wenthin wrote: > I do have most of this in place my main complaint is against the market.
Your comments about the Market are spot-on, and I apologize if I came across as dismissing them. > I would rather see google reward those that are trying to improve their > apps not the ones that have sat in the top performers for the last 6 > months. You appear to be viewing this as a "reward" for developers. I'm not a Googler (nor do I play one on TV), so I can't say what their rationale for this program is. I can say that if I were the one setting up the program, the "reward" aspect is maybe 20% of the reason for having it. IMHO, 80% of the benefit is for the users. What Google is doing is helping to ensure that thousands of popular, highly-rated apps work well on the latest hardware (notably WVGA) and latest edition of Android. This directly benefits the next wave of users who buy the DROID, the Milestone, and the Nexus One...and any other devices that have 2.0+ and/or WVGA. What Google is doing is raising the quality of the top end of the Market another few notches, thereby improving the Android experience for millions of people. On the whole, this is A Good Thing. Admittedly, it is a shotgun approach: -- As you note, it leaves out many apps that are gaining ground in downloads and rating -- Some developers already have a DROID or N1, meaning we'll see a bunch of device swaps and a bunch of devices showing up on eBay -- Some applications won't really need the assistance, since they're already great on 2.0+ and WVGA OTOH, I'm not sure how they could reasonably address those concerns without a lot of staff time, and staff time is something they are always short of. > This and > all the pats on the backs do leave a bad taste in my mouth. Cool you > got a free phone. I'm happy that google is rewarding people but enough. > Maybe start another group that is about the free phone and keep it out > of the developers forum where it is just noise to compete with the signal. Noted. > As thomas said I do listen to you. I consider you a guru and your post > was the first in this entire thread that had anything to do with > developing apps. Thanks, but I clearly cannot be a guru. I am under-qualified for the role: no beard, no white robe, etc. :-) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training in NYC: 1-2 May 2010: http://guruloft.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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-developers?hl=en
