1. A real website God, yes. Why is there not one?? There's Cyrket and AndroLib, but Google should have done this first.
3. A way for developers to reply to comments This is very frustrating to me too, but I think this is a stupid/lazy user issue, not Google's fault. It's just as easy to email the developer as to leave a silly, easily explained comment, but they don't. Maybe if they put the "email developer" item under the "comments" item? 4. App description..."Also can we please at least have clickable links on the app description? Expecting a user to re-type a URL on a mobile device is absurd." The "Visit the developers web page" is clickable. I think if your asking for clickable links "inside" your description then that may be asking too much. I mean if you want to say more then do it on the webpage. 5. Multiple versions of an app Think this would be a big mistake. You may be thinking too much like a developer and not like a common user :) I think users would be completely confused by multiple versions of the same app. Remember, Apple is successful because they simplify things. 6. Statistics "...what does "active" exactly mean anyway?" An "active" install is an app that on a phone. 76% active installs means 76% of the people who downloaded your app still have it on there phone, 24% uninstalled it. "Also, when a user uninstalls an app, they're asked why they did it. Really, we'd like to know too!" Yes, absolutely. 7. Other features?..."a way for users to easily send log files and screenshots, to report a problem with an app" It's called email. I'm not trying to be funny but any user that could send that sort of thing is going to know to send it in an email. Common users would never think or bother doing that so why make it "easy". But overall I think this is good idea. I think Google is a little too slow in it's fixes/improvements. Ken On Feb 23, 9:18 am, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > What carrier does that go to on nexus and such? Those devices don't have > assigned carriers, and the software load is created by google. (That 30% was > explained as incentive/payment for shipping the market, passing > compatibility tests, etc.) > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com > > > > > wrote: > > Well, > > > This is what Google told us at the Android Developers Lab. The bulk of > > the 30% goes to the carriers, a fraction of this 30% goes to google to > > run Google Checkout and the payment processor. > > > I guess the bulk of the 30% that goes to the carrier is an incentive > > to have Android Market (and not other markets?) installed. > > > On Feb 23, 10:49 am, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Google has been very vague about where that 30% goes when you're on a > > nexus, > > > adp, etc. > > > > On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Hekki <kaye...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > Are you sure about the carrier thing ? > > > > > I don't see when they are involved : > > > > > Clients only use the carrier as a dumb pipe here to get internet > > > > access, they pay using google checkout which have their credit card > > > > information(much like itunes does). > > > > So google handle the payment itself. > > > > > When is the carrier involved at all ? I don't understand. > > > > > Yahel > > > > > On 23 fév, 15:58, Streets Of Boston <flyingdutc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Yep, you're correct. > > > > > Google gets only a small portion of the 30% to cover the costs of the > > > > > payment transactions. The bulk of the 30% goes to the carriers. At an > > > > > Android Dev Lab Google told us Google's share just covers their cost. > > > > > > On Feb 22, 9:16 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > > > > > <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > You might want to drop the "let's not forget" clause as it's > > something > > > > > > that wouldn't help any petition and could keep people from agreeing > > > > > > with you. > > > > > > > Google doesn't get 30% of your app sales, the carrier's cut, taxes, > > > > > > fees for the merchant account and other costs eat that up to > > probably > > > > > > zero profit or near to it. > > > > > > > -John Coryat > > > > > > > On Feb 22, 7:56 pm, Matthew LeMieux <cycleme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Has anybody else noticed that it is very difficult for many users > > to > > > > go > > > > > > > through the flow to even be able to purchase an app? I would > > like to > > > > see > > > > > > > getting a paid app be as easy as getting a free app. Perhaps > > giving > > > > users > > > > > > > the opportunity to register and add apps to their phone on a > > desktop > > > > rather > > > > > > > than only on the phone (similar to the experience iPhone users > > have). > > > > > > > > When I originally went through the flow on my G1, I found that > > the > > > > > > > registration data was in a small dialog where I couldn't really > > see > > > > what was > > > > > > > being entered while I was entering it. I was a highly motivated > > user > > > > and > > > > > > > hence completed the whole process, but what about a casual user? > > > > > > > > How many users do you think have fallen out of your sales funnel > > at > > > > that > > > > > > > point? I would be very interested to see data on how many > > android > > > > users > > > > > > > have completed the registration flow for purchasing paid apps... > > > > > > > > -Matthew > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:43 AM, Rob Irondad < > > rob.iron...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi fellow developers. > > > > > > > > I've come up with this text for a petition (warning: long): > > > > > > > > >http://docs.google.com/View?id=dd9hmc43_0c9zh58gd > > > > > > > > > You're all welcome to review it and send your comments before I > > > > > > > > publish it to some petition website. > > > > > > > > You can email me directly (rob.iron...@gmail.com). > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > ><android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hidequoted > > > > text - > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > <android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en-Hide quoted > > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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