I've been reading all but I don't have the time right now to write a full analysis. Although, I would LOVE to see someone from Google that is not a software engineer saying that they are reading this and considering what people talk in these groups.
Thanks. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
