I am grateful that Google has listened to the voice of the developers and decided to release this information. It is an encouragement to me and I intend to make the best possible use of this info to help guide my future efforts developing for Android and iPhone.
On May 15, 3:27 pm, "A&&Whole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO BE HUMBLE > THEY KNOW THEY DID A BAD JOB > SO PROVIDING RANKING ETC IS JUST TO BRING US BACK HERE > > THEY ARE CRAP CRAP and CRAP > > On May 14, 7:50 pm, GodsMoon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thank you Google. I was starting to wonder if you had turned your back > > on the developer community. > > This sort of transparency is exactly what is needed if Android is to > > be successful in the developer community. > > > Thanks for bring back the Google we all know and love. > > > David Shellabargerwww.goldfishview.com > > > On May 14, 9:38 pm, javqui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Dear Justin > > > > As humbleness suggestion, will be useful get a quartile rank for each > > > judging criteria. Some participants get more rank in one criteria and > > > less in other one. This suggestion will help us to optimized resources > > > distribution for ADCII. > > > > Thank you > > > > Javier Quintana > > > > On May 14, 7:31 pm, Michael Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > "Many applications received average scores that are within 0.1% of > > > > each other because of the number of submissions. This means that > > > > providing an individual score to each participant does not provide > > > > meaningful information on the relative ranking of that submission." > > > > > This is interesting, and I agree, but it kind of casts doubt on the > > > > meaningfulness of the scoring system in general. Nonetheless, the > > > > update and forthcoming release of quartile rankings are much > > > > appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > On May 14, 4:08 pm, "Justin (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Many people have been asking about receiving either their individual > > > > > scores or a complete list of scores. We've discussed this extensively > > > > > and have decided to release each submission's quartile rank through > > > > > individual emails within the next few weeks. > > > > > > Why quartile rankings? Well, we feel they provide more meaningful > > > > > information about relative application rankings than just raw scores. > > > > > We designed the judging process to identify 50 applications with the > > > > > highest scores out of a large pool of excellent submissions. Many > > > > > applications received average scores that are within 0.1% of each > > > > > other because of the number of submissions. This means that providing > > > > > an individual score to each participant does not provide meaningful > > > > > information on the relative ranking of that submission. > > > > > > Another request has been for textual feedback from judges. However, > > > > > judges only provided scores for each application; they did not provide > > > > > notes or any other comments. > > > > > > That being said, the number of great applications far exceeds the top > > > > > 50! We had many judges actually ask for contact information for > > > > > developers from the entire pool of applications—and we're forwarding > > > > > that information on to the judges for developers who opted-in. > > > > > > We're excited by the massive response to the challenge and we can't > > > > > wait to see more great applications for Android. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Jstin & the Android Developer Challenge Team @ Google- Hide quoted > > > > > text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" 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-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
