Thomas,

I really wish this approach to making people not rate down your widget
worked, but i've realised that no matter what you do, you'll still get
people who drag your widget's settings app onto the desktop and ask
why it's small and won't update. Luckily some of them email me, but as
the market shows every widget has some text in the app description
about that. Thankfully i'm getting a Nexus One, cause i have a lot of
downloads and a good rep as being a responsive dev so my ratings are
high, but i still get really frustrated with the occasional person
just saying "Force Closes" or "Sucks" ( which clearly doesn't affect
the other 30000 users ).

--
David Goemans ( DigiClock Widget )


On Mar 5, 11:40 am, Thomas Riley <tomrile...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Setup an activity that loads when someone attempts to open the widget
> explaining its a widget (and set properties?) or remove the option to
> "open" it.
>
> On Mar 5, 9:21 am, Tako Au <tak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Agree with you.  I've written a pure widget (which cannot be opened)
> > and received tons of 1-star commented "Can't open".
>
> > On Mar 5, 5:56 am, Wayne Wenthin <wa...@fuligin.com> wrote:
>
> > > Yeah the rest of us are really interested in your good fortune.
>
> > > Honestly if the market were worth its salt there wouldn't be angry 
> > > customers
> > > because we developers that are trying could actually communicate with the 
> > > 1
> > > stars out there that just say crap like "FC's too much" without even 
> > > trying
> > > to contact support.    I've busted my ass in the last couple months to get
> > > my rating from 2 stars to 3.25.   Stuff like this does nothing but anger 
> > > me
> > > because if I not tried to build something uniq and just built another fart
> > > app I could have got a free phone.    Sorry but this leaves a bad taste in
> > > my mouth and I'm sure I'm not alone.
>
> > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Thomas Riley 
> > > <tomrile...@googlemail.com>wrote:
>
> > > > :(
>
> > > > Remember everyone, be sure to post your joy here!
>
> > > > On Mar 4, 9:20 pm, Markus <tamet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > Nope, not yet. Though I'm sitting on fire waiting for it ;)
>
> > > > > On Mar 4, 10:13 pm, Thomas Riley <tomrile...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Ok, so I know its still early days, but has anyone had their 
> > > > > > dispatch
> > > > > > confirmation email yet?
>
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