tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post522894802525408538..comments2024-03-28T07:16:45.478+00:00Comments on making apps, making webs.: apple broke a lot of its developer reference links... againUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post-88483812576034649342009-08-30T11:53:07.361+01:002009-08-30T11:53:07.361+01:00Wow, you think Apple screw up their websites, try ...Wow, you think Apple screw up their websites, try IBM. I have a software subscription service with them, and it took 3 months of complaining before I was ever able to get their website to let me download my software. Two years later, and their web app is so screwed-up, it won't let me find or download the things for which I've paid.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809498394514217285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post-13697318127904987152009-08-30T06:48:44.320+01:002009-08-30T06:48:44.320+01:00It's not about priorities, it's about desi...It's not about priorities, it's about designing the system so that these things won't happen. They've screwed up.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01311236492763510786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post-47764409472461134462009-08-30T02:27:50.004+01:002009-08-30T02:27:50.004+01:00"Sometimes in the real world you have a milli..."Sometimes in the real world you have a million things to get done and your boss de-prioritizes broken URLs and that's that"<br /><br />The point is, it's a really really bad trade-off for developer documentation. Apple spends millions of dollars and man years of effort producing it as an investment in their platform. After all that effort, they then lose a lot of eyeballs by breaking URLs, something which could be avoided by putting in a comparatively small amount of effort.Pete Wardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16752128834177298274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10678074.post-14883988291497964262009-08-30T02:17:59.026+01:002009-08-30T02:17:59.026+01:00Wow, condescend much? Yeah it sucks, but sometimes...Wow, condescend much? Yeah it sucks, but sometimes in the real world you have a million things to get done and your boss de-priorizes broken URLs and that's that.<br /><br />I wish people would learn the difference between "its" and "it's," especially when they're acting superior. Maybe someday we'll get our wishes.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229182122547117908noreply@blogger.com