Originally Posted by
celticmagick If the delay resulted in a dark theme, would you still be crying?
No official set in stone release dates were ever given. Nothing missed.
There were two (arguably three) likely windows explicitly given for an open beta, and both were missed with little word from anyone as to whats going on. (although its better this time around I guess)
It was originally said they were looking at the next 7-10 days to release an open beta of the app.
(Rubino mentions its ad-free nature, that forum support is being a bit of a headache, they want all the features of the old app, etc. - but its called "almost done," said to be out "real soon" so things look great right? 7-10 days doesn't sound bad at all!
That was December 11, 2015.
People started complaining around Christmas time. There was back and forth, I even threw up a "we get there when we get there!" clip from The Incredibles because things go wrong all the time and whatnot, whats a couple extra weeks?
Well if posts are to go off of, the dev doesn't seem to reply to tweets asking about the app.
I hear about the question being run up to Daniel or someone by more senior mods/staff. Nothing happens.
~Two months after that #AskDan video, Rubino tweeted of an open beta test "in the next few days" on February 4th, 2016 so things are looking up.
Well,
a few days later we get the (much appreciated Status update) article on February 8th 2016. I'm happy he at least acknowledged the timeframe "which stretched on longer than anticipated."
"Luckily, we are finally nearing the open public beta testing period of our new app"
(one could argue this is the third timeframe given.)
Again they say its ad-free, it's going to be an open beta, etc. and its aimed for being at feature parity with the 8.1 app, which is quite good. (already beating Microsoft)
What I really appreciate is this gem.
Why did it take so long?
There are the usual roadblocks and items that took longer than expected. The holidays also didn't help besides waiting for Windows 10 Mobile to stabilize. For instance, forum integration is a huge project in and of itself. Being able to Quote and Thank a post as well as create one and log in to your account are not at all trivial.
Our last hurdle is getting the Live Tile and Push Notifications up and running, which is what we are working on for this week before we go live. We're also going to attempt to enable actionable notifications for comments and forum replies if time permits.
We know you folks have high expectations, so releasing an app with some of those core features missing would just result in an endless stream of complaints.
Yes! An explanation! I'm OK with this! But two months of silence isn't fun. I can say ignoring the would-be users and leaving us in the metaphorical trenches without any metaphorical paddle didn't improve the situation.
Of course, I don't know whats going on behind the scenes so I can't judge, but it still bothers me nonetheless. Sure tell me to make my own app, but I'm not a professional developer well-versed in the language who can make a QuizUp app.
I understand things go wrong all the time in software all the time and whatnot but is it too much to ask for even an incomplete sentence on whats going on? Or why these windows are being publicly stated when its become clear they are far too optimistic?
Thankfully we did just get this from the dev on Twitter.
"Actionable Notifications - Done
Light/Dark Options - Done
Swipeable Drawer - Done"
So at least we're doing better than last time I suppose.
Not very helpful in determining what the metaphorical thorn is though. It
is something though.
And on top of it all, we are talking about an app for the number one Windows Phone site on the planet. Who has two apps on Android, both better supported. Like the iPhone fiasco with Belfiore, what does this say?
