I just got around to using Google Gears.
Went to Google Calendar - worked perfectly.
Went to Remember the Milk - worked perfectly.
Went to Gmail (the biggest benefiting app in my mind - nothing……..
Went to Google Gears help.
“Where can I use Google Gears? In websites that are enabled for Google Gears”
Gee, thanks.
Search for Gmail….. NADA.
Disappointed…….. almost shocked.
Funnily I also tried Evernote and it looks good but had a few bumps along the way. My expectation was that it was new and from a crew I didn’t know, so I knew there would be bumps. That’s ok. It’s not easy. I know that. So I let it slide.
But Google, they should nail it every time. Plenty of good people, plenty of cash. Yep, its unrealistic to ask that, but that’s a good thing to have built up.
In terms of top 5 web software development ‘teams’ expectations, my list goes a bit like this;
These are 5 organisations that I expect to get it right. I expect it will work, it will be pretty open, high on sharing, high on interoperable and balanced design (look good, but be functional).
Expectations are built up over the long term, and need constant maintenance. The tough part is that they are easier to destroy than to build. But that’s how real stuff is built - you can’t cram on the farm!
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1 JMab // Jul 6, 2008 at 10:11 am
I’ve heard that developers rule at Google, managers and testers take a backseat. Testing is not as rigorous as Microsoft (believe it or not!). Emphasis is on getting code out fast which mostly works, rather than ironing out all the bugs. Some fellow (can’t find the link now) who moved from Microsoft to Google then back to Microsoft claimed that 10% of Google code “in the wild” is buggy at any one time, much higher than everyone’s punching bag Microsoft - who do spend a lot of time on “enterprisey” testing.
2 Laura Khalil // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Wow, that’s so cool that Atlassian made your Top 5!
As a part of the team, I think it’s safe for me to say that we definitely do try to hit the nail on the head with each release. Certainly that’s not always easy, but it’s great to hear that you hold us to such a standard… we’ll do our best :D
Cheers,
Laura
Atlassian
3 JMab // Jul 10, 2008 at 3:50 am
I use JIRA and Confluence, here in London with the Royal Bank of Scotland and will continue to do so back in Sydney with Macquarie Bank. Both are very good, never had a problem with either. Good to see an Aussie company doing well.
4 Mick // Jul 12, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Yeah, we use JIRA and Confluence for nearly all our clients. Good bunch of guys there.
I would have liked to put Apple in since they do such good stuff, but they do some things that frustrate me, so I couldn’t add them. But they do look good.
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