tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819005.post4542902637528466253..comments2024-03-16T02:17:55.433-07:00Comments on Programming and politics: Android Wish ListAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08698131967747444207noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819005.post-39619736097628803202010-05-17T12:58:49.645-07:002010-05-17T12:58:49.645-07:00Dan: Either way the two need to merge into one ASA...Dan: Either way the two need to merge into one ASAP. Right now there's a window of opportunity for a new platform to become dominant over the Microsoft one that has been dominant for so long and it's all because of a couple of "new" computing platforms (touchscreen-based smartphones/tablets) where the existing entrenched APIs (Microsoft Windows) aren't a good fit (at least not without substantial changes due to the modes of interaction). <br /><br />Right now the landscape is fragmented:<br />- Apple iPhone OS<br />- HP Palm WebOS<br />- Google Android<br />- Google Chrome OS (?!?)<br />- RIM (??)<br />- Others<br /><br />It makes zero sense for Google to have two separate entries into this area. It will almost certainly lead to failure.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00665221564150100159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819005.post-9386105471648536952010-05-17T11:22:54.058-07:002010-05-17T11:22:54.058-07:00Disagree on point 4. Chrome OS is what Android sh...Disagree on point 4. Chrome OS is what Android should have been from the beginning. Android can't end soon enough.Dan Fabulichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809786490033034477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5819005.post-56154557263016597502010-05-16T07:10:17.257-07:002010-05-16T07:10:17.257-07:00Re: 1, I've been very pleased with how well IM...Re: 1, I've been very pleased with how well IMAP IDLE works in K9 Mail. I leave it on and it receives mail instantly, but unless I'm actually using K9 very much it is not listed as one of the top battery consumers. (The app is otherwise very rough and frustrating.) So I would say that with the right protocol, background services are just fine as it is. Still, it will make things easier for developers when Google inevitably provides a generic network service and API for them.<br /><br />Re: 2, I'm sure you know about using Proguard to alleviate the problem. I think we just have to deal with this one; large apps also take more time to download. If you let your app bloat you'd better swear off pushing frequent updates to it, or users will start to choose remove instead of update.<br /><br />4, I totally agree with. As an aside, when I switched my Ubuntu browser to Chromium I felt like I suddenly had a newer, better OS. Right now the world needs Chrome and Android. I know Google has near-infinite resources, but they may as well stay somewhat focused.nathan_hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12427083977923133797noreply@blogger.com