On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Pent <[email protected]> wrote: > Joking aside, I've only been on the market 3 months and have seen some good > improvements (errors to the console, improved app protection, expanded > market countries) giving some hope that one day we'll be in good shape. >
I've been on the Market for nearly a year and a half. It's true, there have been improvements - but considering how long the Market has been out now, how easy some of this stuff is to fix, and that it's all owned by a company that is synonymous with the Web itself, the Developer Console (and I'll throw in the official Market website and the "support" forum" here) are, quite frankly, pathetic excuses for websites. * Active install counts still broken and never reliable anyway * Old bugs reports magically revert to new. * Bug reports organized so haphazardly it takes multiple clicks back and forth to make any sense of it. * As the OP noticed, publishing doesn't always "take" so you have to sit there and refresh the page to make sure. * Comments only added recently after other sites had this feature for who knows how long. * Nothing is clearly marked, labeled, or explained leading to confusion (what the hell is "Marketing Opt Out"? Since when is Google promoting anything? How many people know how to restrict their countries and carriers?) * No warning that changing paid to free cannot be undone. * Still no usable Market site that was announced at Google I/O. * Etc, etc, etc. Bugs happens and nothing is perfect - especially if it were made by an intern over a weekend - but for a site developed by what most assume to be cream-of-the-crop engineers at one of the biggest Web companies, the Dev Console is just sad. Yes, it's continuing to improve, but they are certainly taking their sweet damn time for stuff that, at least from an outside perspective, should be fairly straightforward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- 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
