On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 6:28 PM, David Bullock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, I'm aware it's the experimental API. If there were a stable API, I'd > use it. But there isn't one. We developers - your customers - aren't > actually interested in your little laboratory experiments, we're trying to > solve a business need which is why we're using your annoying, bug-prone and > under-documented experiment in the first place. > > Unfortunately, there are 0 customer-focused persons assigned to the Google > Spreadsheets API. > Actually I am focused on the API, and the entire spreadsheets team works on the API. > In another thread I outlined exactly how I thought the Tables API > could/should work, and you did not address any specific techincal idea in > that post. I only get a reply from you when I complain. > I did not address them because of the pending deprecation. > I happen to need the Spreadsheet API, so unlike Ralph who has given up on > the whole charade, you can expect to hear increasingly public pressure > applied from me to get the Spreadsheet API turned into something which my > application can *rely on* without continual fussing with the code. If it > proves necessary, I'll also lobby for your removal from the team. > Thanks, I'll make others aware you'd like to lobby for my removal from the team. Back to the API: it's pretty reliable, actually. Its functionality doesn't change often, and rarely does it break. That said, we're exploring an overhaul. Thanks, Vic
