I completely agree with David, please discuss about Google API issue or further developments, here in a public place instead to go hidden somewhere else. I'm also using a lot Google spreadsheet for a financial trading company which almost works using excel/spreadsheet as workingplace so I'm very worried about future development and which kind of support Google could bring on the table about Google API. If there is no more money to invest into this area , it's mandatory that we know this at this stage, so we can take proper action and move forward towards different solutions.
Best Regards, Giacomo 2012/3/14 David Bullock <[email protected]> > Vic, > > So, is this mailing list the contact point with Google in respect of the > Spreadsheet API, or not? Why would you want to take this discussion off > this list? Why try to sideline me from the discussion, in particular? I > am *very* concerned that I don't "waste their time building something on a > dead-end technology, for which the documentation is lacking, community > support is non-existent, and longevity is questionable". I'm dead-certain > to have some thing relevant to say in that discussion. Look, this is a > public API for a publicly-available product. Why the closed doors? Let's > talk about issues which concern the public on a public forum, huh? > > Vic, if you're the designated 'developer liason' within Google, *PLEASE* > send the message up the hierarchy (or reverberating through the network, if > that's how it is), that we Google Apps API users are NOT happy and Google > needs to do a lot better. Does Google really have no answer to my list of > how they've neglected Spreadsheet API users? Can't you even admit in > public that things ought to be better (maybe even, start to show how they > will be)? Can't you see how inadequate it is that you've had to make and > keep personal guarantees to Patricia that you'll keep on top of the forum, > and yet you've not been equipped with the time to do that? I don't know > exactly what system is in place, but it sucks - for me and for you. There > should be a team of people with responsibility to respond to the forum, or > there should be someone whose *exclusive* responsibility is keeping us > developers 'in the loop' and feeling like we're working with a product > which has a promising future. > > It's not really just the Spreadsheet API - that happens to be the API I > need most. I recently got a popular Google Apps Script issue fixed - it > took THIRTEEN MONTHS from the time I submitted it to the time it got > released. That is too slow. How else to say it? Get more resources on > the Google Apps API project. > > sincerely, > David. > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:36 AM, Vic Fryzel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Patricia, Bob, and Sagi, >> >> I'll see to it that your questions get answered. Perhaps you guys would >> be interested in joining me in a Google+ hangout where you could ask your >> questions in person? Let me know your interest, and I can set one up. >> >> Thanks, >> -Vic >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Patricia N Goldweic < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Same thing is true for the Google Sites api forum (no participation from >>> Google in a very, very long time, actually longer than the spreadsheets >>> forum). I think Google could do much, much better at interacting with >>> developers in these forums, >>> -Patricia >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Puffer >>> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 3:55 PM >>> To: Google Spreadsheets API >>> Subject: Re: Is this forum alive? Is the spreadsheets API supported in >>> any way now and in the future? >>> >>> I get the same impression though I've seen Vic chime in on some. >>> >>> >>> On Mar 11, 3:18 am, Sagi Smolarski <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I am looking at this forum, and the impression I get is that it is >>> > neglected. Many questions are left unanswered, number of posts is >>> minimal. >>> > Seems like a symptom of a more general problem - Is the spreadsheets >>> > API something Google is committed to improve and support or is this >>> > another product they are going to pull the plug on soon? >>> > >>> > Would be good to provide some answers so people (like myself) don't >>> > waste their time building something on a dead-end technology, for >>> > which the documentation is lacking, community support is non-existent, >>> > and longevity is questionable. >>> >> >> > -- * *Dott. Giacomo Licciardello Analista Programmatore http://www.gl-software.it Cell. 3897907419 Skype : skyline72
