Thats very true, I guess its difficult to control how a user tries to interact with a widget.
Maybe Google should make the whole process a little more intuitive? Who knows. On Mar 5, 2:56 pm, dgoemans <dgoem...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > > > Writing code is one of few things > > > > that teaches me I don't know everything. > > > > > Make Call Girl Manager great! > > > > Join the forums.http://www.fuligin.com/forums-Hidequotedtext - > > > > > - 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
