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Trouble For Microsoft Developers With the Windows Store
An anonymous reader writes "This blog post from an un-happy Microsoft developer highlights many of the problems that developers are having with submitting to the new Windows store. His app, that won 2 App X challenges from Microsoft, has been rejected 6 times over 2 months with no clear indications as to the cause. This is even after going through a rigorous early-certification process. With Windows RT relying solely on apps from the store, and there being just over 7,000 apps total, Microsoft could have a big problem here."
It's probably more then Apple's iTunes live apps. 80% of Apple apps has never been downloaded, less then %1 earned more the $1000... Apple is so technically incompetent that they utterly failed to provide any kind of discovery system for apps, therefore it is futile to develop for them anymore. Microsoft has a huge chance to win the developers here.
he should run the Windows App Certification Kit tests where he can test the app before submission, and there are clear explanations of each and every one of the issues.
For example:
- direct3d: "Ensure that the app correctly supports the minimum Direct3D feature level you chose. If that feature level is higher than feature level 9_1, then your app must still run correctly at feature level 9_1. See Developing for different Direct3D feature levels (DirectX and C++) for more details".
- Crashes: "We expect apps to be fully functional without the use of Windows compatibility modes, AppHelp messages, or compatibility fixes."
- Performance: Make sure that your app suspends correctly.
The website linked in the app and listing page was not finished. i think is clear of its own, your webpage is clearly not finished.
Thankfully everyone can have the tool and run it until the tests are ok, then submit it, any programmer who refuses to read the fucking manual deserves to get out of the store.