The problem is simple. It appears that Google has allocated no or next to no resources for developer support and the idea of some sort of developer liason hasn't occurred to them at all, leaving it all to the development team, which must be irritating as hell to them.
On Mar 10, 7:45 am, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Android engineers, > > It's been weeks since we, developers, and many users, started ranting > about the bugs in the Android Market application, namely: > > 1. Hanging downloads > 2. Hanging installs > 3. The DREADED "Force Close" after an application update. > > Many of us have received low ratings (especially 1 star ratings) > because of the aforementioned issues. > I took the time to review more than 100 applications, all in different > categories, and most of them sacrificed some of the RIDICULOUS 325 > characters[1] description in explaining to users that 1, 2, and 3 are > actually not their fault but yours (Google's), and setting up websites > for alternative downloads. > > All of the problems above are intermittent and are thus hard to > reproduce and we understand that. > What we don't understand is how much more will we have to listen to > the sound of silence. > Is there an Android engineer, man enough (or woman enough) to stand up > and say *anything* about these issues, whether they are acknowledged, > or being reviewed, or someone is working on them, or whether and when > there's a planned deadline on fixing any of them? Also, is Google > going to stand up and say "we fucked up, it wasn't the devs fault, but > now everything's back to normal, sorry for the inconvenience" > > So far, it appears that you are HIDING, and I can't stress enough how > much I hope that's not true, and that the reason for the silence is > that you're actually extremely busy busting your @$$3$ working on > fixes. > > Thanks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
