The 20 tester principle

[rabbitBUSH]

Here's the thing: the posting and thread by @Theera (ref here) raised a question for me. The phone that I currently have (IE this one) came with a set of pre-installed stuff called Google apps. A sorrier set of apps I'm challenged to find or come across. I had to find alternatives for some.

HERE'S THE REAL THING: which 20 testers did those Apps have to pass through before the rubbish hit the road?

Clearly, some of the piggies are more equal than others.....or....maybe.... I've become spoilt by the B4X developer ..... What's the word again? Oh - thoroughly good design.

 

[Sagenut]

This is an half stupidity from Google.
The basic idea it's good, but you can have 20 testers that install the app and not even open it.
Maybe it could be a better idea if Google would let users apply as Recognized Testers registered with Google.
Users would sign only for certain king of apps (games, office....) because for example I would not be able to check correctly a financial app.
I understand that this is something extremely big and complex to manage.
But done as it is now it looks only a pain for developers and that in some cases (probably most cases) will not improve app's quality.

 

[Sagenut]

I had published nothing on the market.
But it looks, reading around, that the evaluation process from Google is not so good.
You receive automated email that hardly let you understand what you are doing wrong or what they need/want you to change.
Oh that other side of seems, always only by reading and not for my personal experience, that Apple it's a lot more good in this.
And the 20 testers does not have the tools and capability to check for a malware app.
Everything sounds against Google method.

 

[rabbitBUSH]

This is an half stupidity from Google.

It's what happens when a great idea turns into Big Business.

Apple it's a lot more good in this...

The thing is : when Jobs (whatever you think of him) was running Apple's development people like Jonny Ives had to work Really hard to get things to be Of thoroughly good design because Jobs insisted it be so without compromise.

Unfortunately, Larry and Sergei lost control of it and so Google is mostly like MS with it's own Apps - just shove 'em out the door - and ignore the users' responses.....