I'd be interested in peoples views on this. The traditional view of Alpha, Beta, and Release is as follows;
Alpha - Feature incomplete, expected to be buggy. Beta - Feature complete, some bugs expected in edge cases (i.e. non-trivial usage) Release - Feature complete, very few bugs expected. At the moment I'd say say that Market is in the Alpha 'phase. The reasons for this are; - Lack of multi-currency support (If the US are the only users who can pay for apps why is everyone else forced to list in a currency other than US Dollars?) - Lack of robust copy protection (Whats deployed is easily circumvented by rooting a G1, and can not be used on the ADP1 which has been on sale for months). - Problems with displaying developer 'phone numbers (Numbers that were suppose to be private numbers getting copied and shown to the public). - Lack of a web front end to view comments and competing apps. What do other people think? Al. -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
