It would be interesting to hear what difficulties are encountered in
attempting to get an exception for Platinum testing. In my experience, Palm
has not been the easiest company to work with when things did not go as
planned or was out of the norm.
--Alan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christopher
> Hunt
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 3:14 PM
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: Platinum Certification Too Stringent (was "Re: Menu
> shortcut dilemma")
>
>
> Steve Sabram wrote:
>
> > This is one point that I'm am at odds on with the Platium
> certification. It seems that this and other UI requirements has
> created in impass with myself and other developers. Oddly, my
> customers (a.k.a. cash flow), have specifically requested NOT to
> have shortcuts for app to help some very citicial data from
> accidentally being lost.
> >
> > It has become a dilemma where my customers want one thing but
> shipping this will not pass Platium certification because of a
> style issue.
>
> My impression is that you can apply for an exception to rulings.
> Its sounds as though you could mount a pretty good case for your
> exception.
>
> I'm uncertain whether you have to be part of the programme before
> you can apply for exceptions though... IMO: I don't think that
> you should have to.
>
> > I can see an advantage on a certification process for
> inspecting things like memory leaks and compatibility with
> differnt OS version. However, I really consider the style rules
> too critical for such a simple user interface as the Palm.
> Another thing I find is that almost none of my customers are even
> aware that such a certification process exists and thus don't
> even take it into consideration when buying Palm software.
> Weather this is on purpose at Palm to
> > not hinder apps from being realized is conjecture.
>
> I believe that the guidelines are a good thing and are a nicer
> way of presenting something as a standard. Let's face it, they're
> standards and not guidelines. :-)
>
> On the customer note: Palm's endorsement is not so much for your
> customer, but more for Palm and other corporations to see that
> you're a serious player. If you approach a corporation and they
> see that you're part of Palm's family then they may get the 'warm
> and fuzzies'!
>
> > Frankly, I believe a very hard review of the Platinum
> Certification requirements by Palm and developers like us are
> very much in order. The market for these handheld devices have
> changed a lot since thise specifications were written over a year
> ago. I would love to hear others comments on this.
>
> I don't think that the market actually has changed that much and
> I don't think that Platinum needs to radically change either.
>
> Kind regards,
> Christopher
> --
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> Class Action Pty. Ltd.
>
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>
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