Yes, I created this issue: http://code.google.com/p/igoogle-legacy/issues/detail?id=628&q=100K&colspec=ID%20Type%20Stars%20Summary%20Status
but not action so far. On Dec 1, 1:05 am, ty <[email protected]> wrote: > We have the same problem. One of our gadgets with 160K users is no > longer to be found in the directory. The iGoogle Gadget Dashboard > indicates that it is in there with an active link to its summary page, > but can't be found in the directory via any keyword search or manual > browsing. It is listed on the author page OK however. > > Has anyone tried creating a ticket at the legacy issue > trackerhttp://code.google.com/p/igoogle-legacy/wiki/IssuesTab?tm=3(not that > I think it would help)? > > On Nov 30, 9:19 pm, javalizard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Clearly, you haven't had hundreds of your gadgets disappear over the > > last 3-9 months that you've worked so hard creating to support a > > platform that now seems to be at its maturity [as in, no more high > > growth]. (and no, my gadgets are not spam gadgets) > > > You also don't have a grasp on the single imperative of a publicly > > traded company: Money. > > > "Do no evil" is just a philosophy that publicly traded companies (like > > Google) want to appear as having integrated into their framework. It > > really is a great moto, PR line, and branding but where the rubber > > hits the road... it ain't there. It's about the Bennies. > > > I don't really care if the removal of our gadgets is intentional or > > unintentional. It's not getting fixed. That's what matters. It's > > clearly a known problem and "evil" can be applied to unintentional > > inaction as well as deliberate action and everything inbetween. They > > may not be out to get anyone (which i hope is the case), but > > rectifying the situation is controllable. Not fixing this is "evil." > > period. > > > Let me see you try to argue to a cop that pulled you over for doing > > 80mph that "Oh, I didn't know this was a 45mph zone." > > > Ignorance doesn't exempt you from doing evil. (you could argue that > > evil has a cultural definition, is subjective, and yada yada, but > > that's a discussion for another time and place). > > > Yes, i'm a bit angry at Google (for a multitude of reasons), but that > > doesn't preempt my logic. > > > On Nov 27, 9:12 pm, Ben Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Nov 27, 2009, at 3:29 PM, javalizard wrote: > > > > > Don't you know? This is how Google applies their "Do No Evil" theory. > > > > Goethe: > > > "...misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world > > > than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much > > > less frequent." > > > > I would be willing to wager that either a recent software update > > > caused the glitch and it was uncaught in testing, or that it was a > > > recognized side effect and judged to be inconsequential over a short > > > period of time -- and as programmers we should all know how an > > > expected "short period of time" can drag on much longer than > > > anticipated. > > > > I agree it does not reflect well on the platform, but I hardly think > > > they are out to get you. > > > > -- > > > > Ben Curtis : webwright > > > bivia : a personal web studio > > > http://www.bivia.com/-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" 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/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
