FWIW, John, I updated to the L&G version of the Market when it was first announced not all that long ago, and since then it has been erratic as hell. Sometimes it says I have about 50 installed apps, other times about 90 (accurate). When it's "low" and I've spotchecked some not on the list, sometimes some of them flag as having an update I wasn't aware of. And then there are some that DO flag w/updates, INaccuratelty. PITA.
Dunno if this is your problem, but FYI. And yes *I* have updated RN :) Elaine Ivy, VA (Sent from my cell phone-pardon my brevity and/or tpyos :) On Aug 14, 2011 10:32 AM, "John Coryat" <[email protected]> wrote: > About a month ago I published a major upgrade of my app "Radar Now!" that > included load balancing to prevent the one server it had been using from > being swamped. The app used to suffer when a storm would go over > a metropolitan area like Chicago or Dallas and a quarter of a million people > would all press the button at the same time. > > Curiously, only about 500,000 people (about half) ever upgraded the app, the > rest continued to use the old version. My thought was this is just another > quirk of the market and they must have never received the update > notification. > > Yesterday, a particularly nasty storm went through the Chicago area and the > old server got hit hard. I saw usage rates (/proc/loadavg file) soar into > the 20's. That caused the server to lock up. > > About 20 minutes into the episode, I forced a message to pop up that told > users they had to update the app in order for them to continue using it. I > thought the language was clear and precise, it went like this: > > "The version of this app you are currently running is too old. Please > upgrade from the Android market before using this app again. Upgrading > allows the app to use load balancing, this version does not." > > Immediately, I got a flood of e-mails telling me I had to update the app. > > The only conclusion I can draw from this: There is a percentage of users who > don't know what updating an app means or even that there's this little bar > at the top of their phone that shows notifications. > > I'm constantly surprised by the ignorance and stupidity of the average human > being. How can they get dressed, find their car and drive to work without > killing themselves? These people also breed. That's the scariest thing about > this. > > -John Coryat > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/CZgfqFgulfwJ. > 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. > -- 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.
