Hi Rob R. Thanx for your feedback.
I believe I understand all of the details that come along with developing for iGoogle Labs API. My comment was strictly regarding the time it takes for approval and the lack of status on a given submission. I can test a given theme to death, lots of fun, but it is not geared for sharing with other users, or publishing it for general consumption. I have no real criticism of the Labs development process, just a little discouragement. Frankly,I have been spending more time and effort on Google Chrome extensions and themes. Very best, Jon Kroll Ann Arbor Michigan On Oct 22, 2:54 pm, Rob Russell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jon, > It's possible to test your theme before it's in the directory as described > athttp://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/themes/docs/dev_guide.html#Testing. > Basically you can see it using a url parameter ?skin=<your theme xml url>. > > Theme approval can take several weeks. We don't currently have a method for > providing feedback during the approval process. The team is looking at ways > to address this. > > Please keep in mind that the iGoogle APIs are in Labs (if you're not > familiar with the Labs program there are some details > athttp://code.google.com/labs/. > > Rob Russell > Google Developer Relations > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:22 AM, The Old Perfessor > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > Apparently you won't get an answer if it's something they don't want > > to talk about. I've noted that it's been 10 weeks now since any theme > > was added to the directory. Same 10 weeks since they updated the > > subscriber counts. If Google no longer supports themes from users, > > they should own up to it so people can stop wasting their time. > > > On Oct 20, 6:38 am, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have been raising similar questions about gadget submission. > > > > See this post [url]http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/ > > > thread?tid=12a74fa2ac6b5294&hl=en[/url] which implies Google have > > > stopped accepting 3rd party offerings (but don't tell you on the > > > submission form!) - I don't know if this applies to themes. > > > > Hope this helps - unfortunately - based on my experience of these > > > iGoogle/Blogger/Developer Groups you won't get an "official" response" > > > to any of your questions here. > > > > On Oct 19, 5:31 pm, JonKroll RX-7 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Greetings: > > > > > I am discouraged from creating iGoogle themes because they take so > > > > long to added to the gallery. > > > > > I submitted 3 themes WEEKS ago and I still have no sense of what state > > > > they are in in the iGoogle theme gallery submission process. I have > > > > been developing iGoogle themes for pending novel releases from NYT > > > > best-selling science fiction author Greg Bear, and I can provide no > > > > feedback to him about the iGoogle theme status. > > > > > I have seen a handful of complaint and questions about the theme > > > > submission process. Maybe its time for a process improvement. > > > > > One nice improvement would to be able to use iGoogle themes without > > > > the theme being a part of the gallery, similar to Google Chrome themes > > > > and extensions. > > > > > All above IMHO. > > > > > Jon Kroll > > > > Ann Arbor Michigan- 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]<Google-Gadgets-API%2Bunsubs > > [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 at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en.
