I think he's talking about the Google finance web page access via the Android web browser which updates itself via Javascript or a meta tag every minute.
Al. Mark Murphy wrote: > 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. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
