Developers do not develop WP application? Microsoft has experienced "Pride and Prejudice"

When it comes to Windows Phone, many people will somehow drift through a word: human rights. Human rights, in the minds of most people, is not a very good thing, because when the word comes up it means that there are already a lot of people who have seen what's wrong. The "human rights" that people talk about in the mind of Windows Phone are: "Windows Phone apps are running short, and apps are behind one or several version numbers compared to other smartphone operating systems. ”

This article will not discuss the quality of Windows Phone's ecosystem, only discuss the content of developers, worthy of praise, we boast a boast, need to scold, should scold a pass. In my opinion, developers who do not develop applications for Windows Phone are the real expressions of pride and prejudice in modern society.

The number of developers and applications is steadily increasing, but not optimistic

In terms of global Windows Phone application development, the number of Windows Phone developers is growing. Microsoft now has a total of 560,000 application developers, according to a data http://www.wper.com/news/2014-11-20/Microsoft-WP-activate-over-50_600460.shtml last November. , there are 320,000 applications in the Windows Phone app market. This is the latest data on the number of developers and applications available to date. 300,000 apps, say Little and no less, but millions than IOS and Android are actually a bit stretched.

In some mobile testing, we often see this assessment: "Windows Phone mainstream applications are, some non-mainstream applications are seriously missing." The main applications of the evaluation staff are: QQ, micro-letter, Sina Weibo, UC browser, Taobao, Alipay, the United States and other mobile phones are essential applications, their mouth of the Non-mainstream application said hungry Mody, aunt, etc. not all users will use the application. Wait a minute! It's all there, but who says it works?

Take Alipay as an example, after many years of user petitions, Alipay product Manager to swallow the incident, they finally ushered in a version number for the 8.2.1 Alipay application. The latest version of the IOS and Android PayPal version number is 8.5. At first glance, the two do not seem to have much difference, but the difference can be big to go, WP on some, Android and iOS version have, Android and iOS version of some, WP on the basic is not, can only meet the most fundamental needs of users. Taste, Windows Phone Smart, unique, in-depth, Windows Phone is the application pit is very miserable.

After being used slowly, many Windows Phone users are faced with many unfair problems, such as no applications, such as the lack of old application functionality, such as developers because the number of users down the application, such as developers deliberately do not develop applications. These are prejudices, and they include the arrogance of the developers.

Google leads a booing, Microsoft encounters the predicament

The first symbol of the app that won't be developed for Windows Phone is Google. Google is not willing to develop applications for Windows Phone, because the number of users is low. So far, we can't find any apps from Google in the app market for Windows Phone. Google has also personally killed a Youtube video app developed for Windows Phone, blocking Windows Phone users from accessing the web version of Google Maps, and after Windows Phone 8 was released to "remove the useless features." As a reason to shovel some of Gmail's support for Windows Phone so that Windows Phone users cannot synchronize content with Exchange services. In addition, the U.S. Facebook, Twitter "led" large companies are also very weak support for Windows phone, whether it is Facebook or Twitter, has not been updated for a long time, many of the new features of Facebook windows Phone It's already off the shelf.

This discrimination from the big business spreads from the west to the east, and we don't know if some of China's big companies are intentionally or unintentionally doing it, either they don't develop applications for Windows Phone or the quality of the applications they develop are very poor. There may be conspiracy theories, and I dare not guess. Today, we want to focus on the criticism of the U.S. listed companies to develop the application: Taobao, Alipay, quick taxi.

Experience "Pride and Prejudice"

Take Alipay as an example, the Alipay development team recruited 1 Windows Phone development engineers at the end of 2013 to release the Alipay purse in the next 2014 years, the old Alipay App. Compared with the last update of 2012 Alipay, in addition to the interface style optimization, increased the balance of treasure, the transfer function, the other did not increase. There is a new version number, but the old rotten wine. Now six months later, although I don't know how many times the Android and IOS Alipay Wallet has been upgraded, Windows Phone users know that their Alipay wallet has not been upgraded once. New Year's time, others cheerfully holding a mobile phone stamp red envelopes, they can only go to the micro-letter grab gun red envelopes.

Yes, from the wireless data Taobao, Windows Phone's access volume is not even 1%, but if there is no application of Taobao, Taobao even this 1% can not be obtained. Taobao developers do not seem to have any idea about the double contradiction between poor application quality and the use of no one. Windows Phone's Taobao app last updated with May 19, 2014, although I forgot what happened to the update, but I had the impression that it was exactly the same as the Taobao app 3 years ago. There is a page in the application called "Love Shopping", from the beginning of last summer can not display content, so far no one to control what happened, no matter how you feedback, they indifferent (now only in Taobao search to "love shopping" this business).

As for quick taxi landing Windows Phone, this is a big joke in the application development world. Domestic drop-by-taxi and quick taxi in last year after landing Windows phone, is a taxi software burning money competition, by Windows phone users welcome. The quality of the drop-by-taxi application started out exactly the same as a quick taxi, all very poorly, unable to pay with a micro-letter or client, calling the car to be paid in cash. But soon WP's micro-letter added the payment function, drop a taxi also joined the mobile payment, and quick taxi to now still just stay taxi level. In the application market, a quick taxi application has been labeled as "the most helpful comment": I called the car but couldn't pay, so I had to give it to cash and almost hit the driver. In a quick taxi application, it is ironic that "the best taxi artifact in the northern hemisphere" is the list of achievements.

Users do not give users the development of applications, users are less willing to develop high-quality applications, every day to think how to add ads, how to make money for users, this application can only get users of the "1-point roll out." The reason is because the developers of the condescending, look at the small system. Because other operating systems account for 99% of the market, one more person to develop 1% market applications, they will find the cost is high, not worthwhile. This is also WP user human rights were trampled behavior.

Rolling out WP may be the best solution

Does Windows Phone really lack a good application? Answer: It's still short, I don't know. A good application is not a development that can be developed successfully, it is a process, it needs to harvest the user's evaluation and feedback to continue to evolve, and constantly iterative development. No developer can write code export uploaded to the market after all 5 star praise, only card Game 5 stars to send Gong can do.

Domestic application developers have also developed particularly bad apps, but there are good examples of how they can be corrected after users have been criticized. After criticizing a listed company in the United States, the author should praise the Stranger and Tencent.

Mo in 2013 landing Windows Phone, when the application did very poor, cotton, flash back particularly serious, market scoring can not be directly. Some people also on the micro-blog to the workers of the staff feedback, the result was a Mo Yantan (he has also scolded Android users) and employees of the scold.

This matter, draw more Windows Phone users back to scold, netizens are in the market launched a "daily one star negative roll out" activities, that version of the MO miserably end. Take a look at the present, put down the past Pride and Prejudice, the application of fine carving, product features and Android, IOS, often appear in the Windows Phone App Store today's recommendation, known as Windows Phone application of the conscience of users.

Let's take a look at Tencent, as a person who has experienced the "Daily One star Difference" developers, now Tencent in addition to update speed is slower, QQ, micro-letter, QQ music are updated on time, product features continue to increase, although far away from Android and IOS, but also can see the determination of Tencent, Users can also participate in the internal testing of the product. In addition to QQ space the application of the flash-back is very serious, other Tencent production of applications are fairly stable and smooth. In the QQ space store evaluation, we can still see those "daily one star", although there is progress, but also need more "1 points roll out" to motivate developers.

Can say so, know wrong can change, good is great. The most fear is that they know they are wrong, but one wrong again, wrong on the wrong. Here, I would like to say to you Windows Phone app Developer: The application is your child, please use the best state to cultivate it, patiently listen to the user's voice.