On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Disconnect wrote: >> Er, the hardware approximation of "orange" should be orange, no? > > Please point out in the documentation where it says that. > > You are trying to apply logic here. When it comes to matching documented > specs, logic gets tossed out, just as when it comes to following legal > documents, logic gets tossed out.
Actually, in most of the USA (and much of the world) legal documents are interpreted based on what a "common man" would expect them to mean, modulo any applicable laws/regulations/etc. So... Also, "The hardware will do its best approximation." The -best- approximation of "the specific orange in the led" is not "green". > > Don't get me wrong. I wish the HTC offered a better "approximation" than > it does. It would be logical if orange showed up as orange when orange > is clearly physically possible. But what I wish, and what is logical, is > not required, per the docs. > >> The vibrator pattern is not an optional setting (at least according to >> the link he posted) > > You will note that I said nothing about vibration, except in my last > paragraph about other compatibility issues. If the Hero screwed up > vibration in a way that runs counter to the documentation, that's a bug, > both in the Hero itself and in the "is this compatible enough for the > Android Market" process. > >> and on archos devices "ANDROID_ID" bears no resemblance to the spec. > > That is irrelevant, since they do not have the Android Market and > therefore are welcome to do what they wish with the open source code, > just as ROM modders are welcome to do what they wish with the open > source code. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
