It's true that some apps will be rated lower because they don't apply to the user doing the judging. For instance I judged an app that was designed specifically for users in Paris. It was low for me on the indispensability scale as it would be for most people not in Paris.
BUT if it is clear from the outset that the app does not apply to you, then you might skip it. This could lead to higher concentration of judges who say, "Ahh, an app that serves my niche!" actually scoring the app. For instance, an app named, "Find the Closest Bathroom in Paris" would probably be skipped quite a bit by people not in Paris. You might end up with 75% of the judges for that app actually being from Paris. But if the app is called "Bathroom Finder" and gives no hint that it is geographically limited, you'd get no such effect. Who knows? This is all just conjecture and guessing. The effects might balance each other out. They might not. There won't be a clear picture until Google releases some results... maybe not even then. On Sep 28, 12:12 pm, "ander...@phdgaming.com" <ander...@phdgaming.com> wrote: > > I have really tested maybe a dozen apps for the moment, and most of > > them did not reach more than 2 stars in every line, because they are > > not working, are one version of a concept among a hundred similar > > implementations, or because they don't answer MY needs. This is true > > for every other revewers, and it has to be like this if we really want > > to see emerging the real best apps. There is no place for poor apps, > > this is a contest for really outstanding apps that will show all the > > power of the android platform against the others. > > I don't really agree with the "MY needs" line personally. We are > acting as judges - and therefore should also take into consideration > how an application would be useful to others. For example, I > personally dislike most social networking applications, and do not > even bother to use twitter or facebook outside of Android. Rating most > social network application badly and giving them "1s" in > indispensability due to my personal preference would not be right, in > my opinion. Of course, I do skip most of those related to this > category, just saying I think there might sometimes be more to it than > "what does this app do for me". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
