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观察者针对谷歌净化Android生态圈环境的三点建议

发布时间:2011-04-16 10:35:14 Tags:,,

Android生态圈的分裂性已是有目共睹的事实,该平台的拥趸所推崇的开发性这一特点,实际为Android自身的发展带来了不少危害。从今年初的DroidDream事件中(游戏邦注:当于Android设备制造商和运营商在更新DroidDream溢出补丁上步伐不一,不少用户对此颇有怨言)就可以看出,谷歌确实该加强对Android操作系统的管制,才能打造一个真正强大的平台。

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1.统一标准,加强规范

尽管多种移动设备都采用了Android操作系统,但这些设备的用户体验却千差万别。不同运营商采用的操作系统版本不一,甚至会移除标准的Android功能,或者针对原本免费的Android功能收费,总之这些问题并不利于保证Android生态圈的规范性。

多种运营商和设备制造商对Android的另一个不利影响在于,他们经常在Android手机中预装未必要的应用程序或其他累赘功能。已有不少用户对手机预装大量游戏样品,而无法彻底移除该游戏的现象怨声载道。虽然这种预装方式可以更好地向用户展示Android平台的应用程序,但为何不出让一些选择权给用户呢?比如说可以通过Android Market发售这些预装应用,并允许他们自由卸裁这类预装应用。

谷歌需要加强对制造商和运营商的控制,以防止他们的运营策略降低Android平台的价值和档次。

2.自主控制系统更新步伐

谷歌不应该再寄希望于运营商自觉通过无线途径更新操作系统,而应自主决定发布并推广最新版本的Android。有一些手机现在还未更新到Android 2.3版本(Gingerbread),其操作系统甚至落后于Android 2.0版本(Éclair),多数Android用户都已经厌倦了反复确认自己的新手机是否已更新到最新版本这种琐事。运营商和设备制造商在这些事情上并不是很上心,所以谷歌最好亲自规范Android版本的更新,更何况这也是符合广大Android用户利益的事情,可以将大家从平台分裂性的问题中解放出来。

3.Android Market应尽快清理门户

DroidDream木马程序一事已足以证明,用户有可能下载和安装任何应用程序,谷歌应将Android Market中的大量非法应用拒之门外,同时也有助于为小型开发者腾出更多发展空间。虽然这并非要求Android Marekt也采用与苹果一样苟严的应用审核制度,但谷歌至少应该考虑限制出现在“游戏”搜索条目中的色情应用数量。除此之外,谷歌还应该追究开发者的相应责任,坚决移除可疑的应用程序,同时还应提供有效的信息,让用户获取足够的知情权,了解相关应用的情况,以免在不知情中下载了含有恶意插件的应用。虽然不少手机都安装了反病毒程序,但谷歌的责任就在于提供质量有保证的产品。

这并不是建议谷歌对Android施加一道“紧箍咒”,但谷歌如果要让Android大步前进,确实该有效控制其手机操作系统的生态圈,不加选择地“漫天撒网”并非领先于他竞争者的良策。(本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译,转载请注明来源:游戏邦)

Android Needs Its Own Walled Garden

Android is a fractured mess. The openness that is constantly being lauded by Android proponents actually hurts the platform more than it helps. From the carriers not updating their phones to the DroidDream disaster earlier this year, Google needs to tighten its grip on Android for the OS to become truly great.

1. Make Things More Uniform

Having used Android across a plethora of devices, I can tell you that the experience is never the same twice. Various carrier overlays and tweaks can slow down phones, or even remove or charge for capabilities that are free with standard Android.

Among the annoying carrier and manufacturer add-ons are propriety apps and overlays. I’m sick of phones that come with a handful of game demos pre-installed that cannot be removed without rooting the phone. I can understand adding them in to show what kinds of interesting apps there are available for Android, but let us uninstall them if we don’t want them or need the space.

Overlays can be jarring and confusing, even for people familiar with Android. Some of us don’t like TouchWiz or Sense and could do without the constant notifications in Motoblur. Instead of forcing these overlays down our throat, why not just offer them on the Android Market (for a price, of course)? That way if people want the overlay, they can buy it, and get rid of it once they want to go back to stock Android.

Google needs to crack down on manufacturers and carriers to make sure what changes they are making don’t detract from their OS.

2. Update, Update, Update

Alright Google, enough is enough. No more relying on carriers to push over-the-air (OTA) updates to phones. From now on, it is up to you to distribute the latest version of Android when it releases. I understand that some older phones may not have the power to run 2.3 (Gingerbread) or even 2.0 (Éclair), but all of us are sick of playing the waiting game when it comes to finding out whether or not our newly bought phone is getting updated. Carriers and manufacturers are not very reliable when it comes to these things (remember how long it took for the Epic 4G to receive 2.2?).

If you want to silence the cries of a million Android critics, push OTA updates yourself so that the fragmentation issue they keep complaining about disappears.

3. Clean Up The Android Market

If the DroidDream fiasco taught us anything, it’s that people will download and install just about anything. Culling the Android Market regularly would remove a large part of these undesirable apps and still leave room for those smaller developers just looking to make a buck. I’m not saying the process has to be as extreme as Apple’s approach, but Google may want to consider limiting the number of hentai porn apps that show up when doing a casual search through the “Games” section of the Market. Google should also hold developers responsible for what they put up, and pull apps that seem suspicious. Users should be aware of what they are downloading, but someone new to apps (or smartphones in general) may not know that mobile malware exists. While mobile antivirus exists, it is also up to Google to make sure that its Market isn’t selling any rotten fruit.

I’m not advocating a complete lockdown of the Android platform, far from it. I love the ability to sideload apps without jailbreaking my device, and I love having access to the to build my own software. What I am asking is that Google regain control of its mobile OS and trim the fat that is holding it back. Android can take over the world, but the divide-and-conquer tactic is not the right way to do it.(source:pcworld


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