Even without this bug it's a stretch to think that Google would want to bury Firefox. Google has a vested interest in Firefox's success. That's why they pay Mozilla 300 million a year.
I found this quite funny. I actually hear similar arguments from iOS developers quiet frequently with regard to Android. They've gotten lazy and think that designing flexible layouts that work on multiple screen resolutions is a challenge that they shouldn't have to solve.
Don't get me wrong fragmentation of versions & hardware is making some tasks difficult for Android devs but I feel like some devs are regressing in their mentality towards software challenges thanks to iOS.
This really appears to be for Android 4.0+. Google's core apps follow these guidelines but Android 2.3 down seems to be left behind.
I'm not sure as an Android developer I'm ready to leave those users behind just yet which means a lot of extra work maintaining 2 different sets of UI code. The action bar is the killer.
I keep hearing the same story of how most people meet their co-founder "x and y met in school".
I'm a few years out of university and have moved around a lot. Most of my trusted friends now days are non technical which makes my candidate pool near empty. I agree completely that getting on board with someone you don't know well is a bad idea.
It seems to me that all the rules placed around how you must have a team to get funded is restricting startups to the realm of college/uni students and there's probably a lot of opportunities being missed.
Thanks for your feedback. I do believe however, even if some clicks are just not for "honest interest", the extra exposure would still have a value to the advertiser.
Also many companies do place value on appearing socially responsible.
It's basically just there to recommend that sites with very little traffic that would not generate ad revenue don't apply.
However I will be sending out a form to everyone who signs up to find out more about them. In the case of the publishing site it would be questions like how many visitors per day, content, etc.
There would be an indicator on the ad to show it's an AdGives ad. Also the user would see how much was donated and who to on there way through to the advertisers site.
Down the line I envisage it growing to allow the user to direct the money from their impression + more..
Also, it will be run as either a non-for-profit or with a small profit from impressions (depending on what interests investors). We would still collect some percentage of impressions either way to pay for costs.
I'm launching a trial for my new startup called AdGives.
AdGives is online advertising mixed with social activism. Part of the profit from each ad click is donated to charities. The goal is to change the business model of online advertising so that the millions spent can be used to give back to useful real-world causes, while still achieving the advertising objectives of all parties involved.
'The AdGives Experiment' is a beta trial for AdGives. Please check it out. My aim is to get 7 advertisers, 7 publishers and 7 charities to take part over a week.
I'd love your feedback on the experiment landing page and AdGives in general.
I am the sole-founder currently self funding the project. I'm based in Melbourne Australia. I’m happy to answer any questions via email or twitter also. Details are on the site.
I'm considering using Azure atm & would love to hear some opinions/limitations. Initial reading is suggesting there will be a lot of configuration to get things going.
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