Whatever Shane. If the application is garbage then it deserves negative comments no matter how critical. There is a lot of garbage there and people who pay for the G1 and take a risk downloading these sometimes damaging applications have that right and they know what they are talking about.
Robert On Sun, 4 Jan 2009 2:00 am, Shane Isbell wrote: > I'm not allowed to upload my app to the Android Market, due to it's > terms and conditions, so I haven't paid that much attention to the > Android Market or to the comments. I recently browsed a number of the > comments on various applications, and was rather shocked by the useless > and rude comments left. It's pointless to even look at comments to > determine whether an application is worth downloading. I'd say it would > be best if Google allowed developers to approve and/or delete comments. > > Shane > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 6:44 AM, sam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not to put in a shameless plug for my project, but I am working on a >> project to resolve some of the issues you mentioned. Android could use >> a standardized benchmark app similar to what PCMark and SysMark >> provides -- I think some kind of performance metric / score could be >> used to communicate expectations & minimum system requirements, though >> enforcing that would be somewhat difficult. For anyone who's >> interested, check out the DroidMark project: >> >> http://code.google.com/p/droidmark >> >> On Dec 12 2008, 9:06 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> blindfold wrote: >>> >> Seriously though, do you think AndAppStore, Marketplace, SlideME, >>> etc. >>> >> should be looking to include something like CaffineMark >>> >> (http://andappstore.com/AndroidPhoneApplications/apps/4189) in >>> their >>> >> clients to warn users about performance issues? >>> >>> > Of course not: >>> >>> That's a relief. I started to have nightmares about the performance >>> noticeably degrading if the user had a lot of apps installed and/or >>> running. >>> >>> > just add an extra edit field where the developer can >>> > state any "known issues" like "this app is still an alpha version; >>> > please report any problems such that we can try to fix them" or >>> "this >>> > app still runs too slowly for practical use for lack of a JIT >>> compiler >>> > or equivalent", or something similar about the currently absent JNI >>> > support on phones. Don't try to automate what the developer probably >>> > knows best. The single edit space of 325 characters on the Market is >>> > too tight for this without sacrificing a decent description that >>> must >>> > already be very short. >>> >>> One of the problems is that users rarely read beyond the first line or >>> two. AndAppStore can take a fair amount more than 325 chars in the >>> description, but few developers use the extra space, and even if they >>> did I'm not sure that users would get to the end.> Secondly, in my >>> app I have my own built-in benchmark that checks >>> > whether speed performance is adequate for real-time use. No need to >>> > have an unrelated benchmark that will give irrelevant figures. >>> >>> It's good to hear you're on top of it, my concern would be that adding >>> in a benchmark to every app is going to cause some bloat due to >>> duplicated code. Maybe the OpenIntents guys could work with other >>> developers to produce a benchmark app where third party apps can say >>> "Whats the GPU performance?" or a similar type of query and make a >>> decision based on the result of the test. >>> >>> Al. >>> >>> >>> >>> > Regards >>> >>> > On Dec 12, 5:25 pm, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >> I feel a Vista style performance rating coming on... .:) >>> >>> >> Seriously though, do you think AndAppStore, Marketplace, SlideME, >>> etc. >>> >> should be looking to include something like CaffineMark >>> >> (http://andappstore.com/AndroidPhoneApplications/apps/4189) in >>> their >>> >> clients to warn users about performance issues? >>> >>> >> At the moment we (AndAppStore) are in the process of adding >>> >> functionality to allow developers to (optionally) say which >>> devices an >>> >> app has been tested on. Do you think we should look to go further >>> and >>> >> test each users device when the client is run and show required >>> >> performance levels? >>> >>> >> Al. >>> >>> >> blindfold wrote: >>> >>> >>> Yes. In part for that reason I have now added runtime JIT compiler >>> >>> detection to my app such that a message shows up indicating why >>> speed >>> >>> performance is still (way too) low, but it would be good to have >>> some >>> >>> more options up front on the Market to indicate to would-be >>> users what >>> >>> they may expect performance-wise, and why, before they download >>> and >>> >>> install. >>> >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> On Dec 12, 4:33 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Eric, >>> >>> >>>> I have also noticed the same issue. Some people are being so >>> vile that >>> >>>> it is embarrassing to read. >>> >>> >>>> I like your ideas for the user rating features, but I would >>> also add a >>> >>>> feature on the app side that could help people know what they are >>> >>>> getting before they respond with insults. I believe all apps in >>> the >>> >>>> Market should be flagged in the apps list with particular >>> identifiers: >>> >>>> e.g., Trial, Advertisements Included, Beta. This would also >>> help to >> >>> >>>> tone down thenegativefeedback we have been seeing. >> >>> >>> >>>> --Ed >>> >>> >> -- >>> >> ====== >>> >> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >>> >> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >>> >> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >>> >>> >> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >>> >> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or >>> it's >>> >> subsidiaries. >>> >>> -- >>> ====== >>> Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >>> company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >>> 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >>> >>> The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >>> necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >>> subsidiaries. > > 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen. Love in Christ, Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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