The last couple Google I/O events have been disappointing because it takes an above-average amount of effort to get any of the neat things shown off (even six months or a year later). The most common example probably being that I don't know a single person running Android L. (Past examples might include Google Glass, and their Flagship phone, which someone I personally know was just recently able to order despite wanting to buy it since its announcement) Even taking into account that it was released after the announcement (November 2014, right?) It still seems awkwardly long. This isn't anecdotal either as can be seen in their dashboard: https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html
Yes, I was always looking for something like ART to be presented, given the sore state of Dalvik, and still cannot use it.
Also I don't have any hope for them to say anything about Java 8, treating NDK users (like myself) as first class citizens or any other alternative language. Specially given their attitude at Android Developers Fireside last year.
So iOS has Objective-C, C, C++, Swift, Objective-C++, JavaScript with access to the whole platform. IDE supports all languages.
WP gives me Javascript, C++, C++/CX, C#, VB.NET, F# with access to the whole platform. IDE supports all languages.
With Android, Java 6, partial Java 7, limited C and C++ with exposure to some Android and POSIX APIs. Studio only supports Java, even Eclipse NDK is kind of broken.
Pretty nice - as a hardware synth guy, I have to say that the physical controls being offered here are quite inspiring. I only wish my Macbook had a touchscreen at this point ..
Edit: Oh, working fine now. I should mention I'm running the Developer Edition (which used to be Aurora), two versions ahead of "current" Firefox. 37.0a2
There a thread earlier today on HN where a bunch of people expressed their disappointment with the Chrome-ification of Google products. Seems sorta apropos to that thread.
I'd say there are way too many slides about I/O swag (!) in the I/O extended organizer guide. It gives a hopefully wrong impression that there was too much thought put into swag.
FWIW, Chrome has a bug where SW doesn't intercept URLs changed using history.pushState(). If you're using the web app in Chrome 40, turning off wifi and navigating the site will show "blank pages". However, refreshing the page you land on does will work as expected while offline.
I'm wondering if it's worthwhile going to Google I/O. I haven't been to it before, but I'm thinking it might be useful for networking (in the social meaning of that word).
I'm just not sure if the $3000 or so (after paying for flights and hotel) is really worth it. Perhaps going to a local I/O event might be better?
Even scrolling seems sort of "off" and choppy, at least on Safari (both OS X and iOS). It looks pretty I guess, but how the hell did they manage to mess up scrolling?
I thought Opera was now built on Blink. Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, since Blink has webkit in it's ancestry, but being a fork, is starting to diverge.
Yes - https://events.google.com/io2015/offsite (scroll down). Currently it says "We're compiling a map of I/O Extended events in your area. Check back to find one close to you."
