I had a little bit of a malfunction with the Official Weekend Pundit Main Computer yesterday (I lost connection to the network), but I think I've got it all squared away.
Speaking of getting things squared away, it appears Bogie's problem with the iHeartRadio app for her Android phone that was misbehaving after being upgraded has been resolved, or at least partially resolved as a newer version has been released that allows it to work again.
As Bogie writes:
Was it the coders who wrote the app software who are to blame for the problem, or was it someone in a marketing position who pushed to 'get it out the door' even though it really wasn't ready?
Based upon my years of experience in engineering, I would have to guess it was the latter.
Speaking of getting things squared away, it appears Bogie's problem with the iHeartRadio app for her Android phone that was misbehaving after being upgraded has been resolved, or at least partially resolved as a newer version has been released that allows it to work again.
As Bogie writes:
Haven't used it but a couple of minutes (am listening to it now), so can't say it works as well as the old version did, but it is a huge leap forward over the version I couldn't get to load at all!That's what happens when the software folks don't or can't test the new versions thoroughly. It's obvious they missed something that brought the app to a screeching halt. Whether it was conflict with another application or background routine is irrelevant. The fact that they didn't catch it means someone wasn't doing their job and the app was released before it was ready.
Was it the coders who wrote the app software who are to blame for the problem, or was it someone in a marketing position who pushed to 'get it out the door' even though it really wasn't ready?
Based upon my years of experience in engineering, I would have to guess it was the latter.
One trick we used to prevent the sales/marketing weenies from absconding with our prototypes to 'demo' them to customers was to paint the cases with purple and pink diagonal stripes and use fluorescent orange protective boots on them. The color combination tended to cause them various levels of nausea and let us keep our prototypes until we were finished testing and evaluating them.
Too bad coders can't do that with software.
Yeah, the latter would be my guess too. I've seen it happen so often in the manufacturing world, I don't think it would be too different in the software world.