Comments on: That’ll teach me not to use an experimental ROM http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/thatll-teach-me-not-to-use-an-experimental-rom/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/thatll-teach-me-not-to-use-an-experimental-rom/comment-page-1/#comment-6562 Jim Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:53:45 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=1657#comment-6562 Thankfully I haven't had too many problems (beyond occasionally wiping my desktop shortcuts) with the Cynogen experimental ROMs, but I did get lucky enough to avoid i think 4.1.8 that screwed up a bunch of phones temporarily. Thankfully I haven’t had too many problems (beyond occasionally wiping my desktop shortcuts) with the Cynogen experimental ROMs, but I did get lucky enough to avoid i think 4.1.8 that screwed up a bunch of phones temporarily.

]]> By: Ted http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/thatll-teach-me-not-to-use-an-experimental-rom/comment-page-1/#comment-6531 Ted Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:10:27 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=1657#comment-6531 Sure, but most products are in beta for only about a year, and are eager to move on to "release" status. Google seemed to have been flouting that tradition to have essentially a "released" product (albeit one that they aren't charging for) that they don't feel honor-bound to keep stable (in feature set as well as bugs). Not that I'm complaining -- I like what they've done & what they ended up with. It's just that they revised the meaning of being in beta from "It's about ready for RTM but we can't test everything in depth so let's let early adopters help out" to "There's never going to be an RTM, so let's just keep evolving it as we come up with clever ideas to rework what an email client can be". The results don't click for everyone, but they've still done a brilliant job of it. Sure, but most products are in beta for only about a year, and are eager to move on to “release” status. Google seemed to have been flouting that tradition to have essentially a “released” product (albeit one that they aren’t charging for) that they don’t feel honor-bound to keep stable (in feature set as well as bugs).

Not that I’m complaining — I like what they’ve done & what they ended up with. It’s just that they revised the meaning of being in beta from “It’s about ready for RTM but we can’t test everything in depth so let’s let early adopters help out” to “There’s never going to be an RTM, so let’s just keep evolving it as we come up with clever ideas to rework what an email client can be”.

The results don’t click for everyone, but they’ve still done a brilliant job of it.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/thatll-teach-me-not-to-use-an-experimental-rom/comment-page-1/#comment-6527 Gordon Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:24:08 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=1657#comment-6527 Talking of which, I'd never noticed (alright, maybe after the first few weeks or so) gmail got a little *beta* note under the logo. It's so slick, and smooth, and everything. Until the day I read on Digg that gmail has come out of beta, and I was, like, what? when did they open this *beta* stage? And so are other products. Most the time, when a thing come to open beta stage, all the reason there are open beta is because developers want to test it on a more variety system combination, and because they want to advertise it, not because it's a unstable, buggy software. Talking of which, I’d never noticed (alright, maybe after the first few weeks or so) gmail got a little *beta* note under the logo. It’s so slick, and smooth, and everything. Until the day I read on Digg that gmail has come out of beta, and I was, like, what? when did they open this *beta* stage?
And so are other products. Most the time, when a thing come to open beta stage, all the reason there are open beta is because developers want to test it on a more variety system combination, and because they want to advertise it, not because it’s a unstable, buggy software.

]]> By: Ted http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/thatll-teach-me-not-to-use-an-experimental-rom/comment-page-1/#comment-6526 Ted Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:09:39 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=1657#comment-6526 I'm was sort of surprised when Google took Gmail out of beta.. (I've used it for 5 years now.) But I guess they must have run out of ideas for further big changes. It was getting to be a joke: Keep Gmail perpetually in beta so that they can make whatever changes they want whenever they want (buggy or not) -- and always be able to fall back on "Well, sorry, but it *is* in beta.." But I guess the "Labs Features" have taken over that function now, so that may have prompted it. I’m was sort of surprised when Google took Gmail out of beta.. (I’ve used it for 5 years now.) But I guess they must have run out of ideas for further big changes.

It was getting to be a joke: Keep Gmail perpetually in beta so that they can make whatever changes they want whenever they want (buggy or not) — and always be able to fall back on “Well, sorry, but it *is* in beta..”

But I guess the “Labs Features” have taken over that function now, so that may have prompted it.

]]> By: biff http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/thatll-teach-me-not-to-use-an-experimental-rom/comment-page-1/#comment-6525 biff Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:30:53 +0000 http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/?p=1657#comment-6525 Yes that will teach you. So how are you guys? Anything intresting going on? Like how about an old man and a doggy treat? Yes that will teach you. So how are you guys? Anything intresting going on? Like how about an old man and a doggy treat?

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