howa wrote: > We all know that in Android, you cannot manually force to close a > running app. > > Yes, maybe Android is so "smart" that it can run the jobs in > background and only kill them if needed. Googler think this is a > valued added feature, not a bug...but.... > > Hold on. Let me tell you my case. > > Yesterday I have browsered the Google finance (http:// > finance.google.com) using the build in browser, since browser can be > multi window, so I forgot to close the Google finance window after > browsing another page. > > After a few hours, I discovered I forgot to close the Google finance > window, it is too late, why? Since Google finance will auto get > updated stock feed from Google every minute, so it eat a lot of my > GPRS data usage. > > Today I called my telco to check my usage, the total bill not is even > more expensive to buy a brand new G1! That suck! I am really angry > about this silly feature you guy at Google designed. > > I post this here is to remind anyone might do the same silly thing > like me. I might consider to switch back to iphone later.
Application issues do not necessarily imply operating system issues. I do not use Finance. However, one would hope that it has settings to let you control the frequency of updates, possibly two separate frequencies depending on whether it is the active (visible) application or if it is in the background. If it has those settings, use them, and your problem should go away. If it does not have those settings, uninstall the application and give it an appropriate rating on the Market, reflecting your issue. This scenario is why I advise my students to shut down background processing as much as possible when the application is itself moved into the background. Background processing, in all its forms, is a double-edged sword. A frequent complaint lodged against iPhone is that it does not allow background processing. At the same time, Android applications that take advantage of background processing, like Finance, have to hew to the Principle of Least Surprise...and excessive bandwidth charges would qualify as surprise. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com Android Training on the Ranch! -- Mar 16-20, 2009 http://www.bignerdranch.com/schedule.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
