Move this to android-discuss. Please. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Schiffres <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey Guys, > First, I want to apologize for the lack of coherence, or paragraphs > (sorry Al), I've had a pretty minimal amount of sleep this week :P. > To Carl, I fully acknowledge the iPhone shortcomings and the grant > potential for Android, it's why I'm, perhaps blindly, an uber Android > supporter. However, what I was actually trying to get at, which > thankfully has been addressed by Paper and Bradley are the > shortcomings, the specific features, functions, and usability that > Android lacks. Even if you feel it is fully functional in your > opinion, what is the next big feature, the next step in Android > development, what you would love to see in Android, its next wild > feature that may not even be supported by today's technology. > > It seems to me that Google, which has in my opinion the ability to > create an OS three times as good as Apple's, has been dropping the > ball a bit on Android, which in turn ruins its reputation, regardless > of it's actual functionality. I can't begin to postulate the cause of > this lackluster performance, however, personally I think it's that > Google has no incentive to make it the best it can be because it makes > no direct source of revenue (Al, the 30% isn't supposed to be for > profit at all, but rather to clear up the costs of the transaction and > corollary costs, so that Google breaks even). A view of a Google > search on an iPhone equally profits Google as a Google search on an > Android powered device. However, it could be argued that Google wants > to be able to control the means that its users and customers access > its product (an explanation that also gives reason as to why they > developed Chrome). > > While I'd love to discuss Google's economic incentives and overall > financial plan, that must be saved for a different thread. It was my > intention that this thread would be a source where people invested in > Android could list what features, functions they wish to see in > Android, along with all other ideas as to what Google should do. If > you were the Android project manager, what would you do, what ideas > would you push, what issues would you resolve. Furthermore, it was > meant as an area that Android developers could collaborate, > critiquing, contributing to, and refining others' ideas. Healthy > debate is good, and eventually if it becomes a large enough source of > ideas for Android, it'll be noticed (or I'll send them the thread) by > Google engineers working on Android and make it much simpler to > implement the ideas. As Android developers, you know more about this > than the average luddite, and in the spirit of open source, we must > come together to work with Google and make Android everything we can > imagine it to be. > > Thanks for all the activity, > Schiffres > > > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" 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/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
