On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Natalie Hooper < [email protected]> wrote:
> I personally like the short descriptions - it forces you to think about > what your app really does/how it is useful It also forces you to omit key features and butcher the English language to make the most of the limited space. > and as a user it's good to be able to read short descriptions so I can > quickly make up my mind whether an app is worth trying out. This enables me > to actually check out more apps because reading description of one app > doesn't take long. No one would be forcing you to read the longer descriptions. Read as much as you need to make up your mind. It would be up to the developer to write a good, concise, to-the-point description that really sold the product. But it would be really fantastic if we had that OPTION, so users can get all the details they need without having to navigate to the app's website (which I'm sure most people don't do). It would be absolutely TRIVIAL to allow a longer description but then have the Market truncate it to the current 325 character and put in a "Read More" button so the user had the option to read more if the first bit of text intrigued them enough. Win for everyone and even the interns that are in charge of the Android Market would be able to handle the programming required. Well, maybe ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
