Thanks, Rob :o) On May 6, 9:36 am, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Dave, > I know it looks very mysterious but we are looking at ways to improve the > process and improve the experience for themers. There are several very > different factors that we have to look at still though. Soon as I have more > details... > > Rob Russell > Google Developer Relations > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:13 PM, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > I re-submitted the theme yesterday with no changes and it's in the > > directory today! > > > Now was that the first submission finally being approved, or the > > second submission approved in record time? > > > I'll never know. > > > Dave > > > On Apr 30, 10:25 pm, nicky <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree it would be good to know progress. It would be useful perhaps > > > if themes could be added to the iGoogle Dashboard and monitored in a > > > similar way as gadgets. > > > > On Apr 30, 2:38 am, BlueQuoll <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The Google policy of not providing feedback to a theme developer > > > > regarding the progress of their theme submission can be very > > > > frustrating. > > > > > Unpredictable lead times often leave the developer in limbo, wondering > > > > whether the reason for their theme's non-appearance in the theme > > > > directory is due to > > > > • long lead time > > > > • policy-based rejection > > > > • code-based rejection > > > > • fallen through the cracks > > > > > While I understand it's not practical to provide a mechanism to allow > > > > tracking of every theme submission, it would greatly assist if > > > > developers could at least be notified of rejections, so they know > > > > • they can stop waiting for the theme to appear > > > > • they can rectify the problem and re-submit > > > > > Just letting a developer wait interminably seems not to be a very user- > > > > friendly way to go! I got into the habit of re-submitting any of my > > > > slow-to-appear themes after a couple of weeks. I still don't know > > > > whether the repeated re-submission helped, but all themes except my > > > > latest eventually appeared in the theme directory. > > > > > My latest theme submission (successful according to the submission > > > > messages) was a couple of weeks ago. It would be good to know whether > > > > it has been rejected and might need modification before I re-submit > > > > it:http://users.on.net/~dvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml<http://users.on.net/%7Edvcox/gadgets/ozscapes01.xml> > > > > > Although, with the test URL broken I can't check any modifications I > > > > might make, so the exercise is a bit pointless at the moment! > > > > > Dave > > > > > -- > > > > 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]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > 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]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > . > > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > > -- > > 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]<google-gadgets-api%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
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