In my view allowing a developer to control what is said about the app isn't a good idea because you end up with most of the negative comments removed no matter how useful they are.
AndAppStore allows other users to say if comments are useful or not, this ensures that the developer can not control what is said, but also means that rude/useless comments get voted to the bottom of the list or get removed entirely. Al. http://andappstore.com/ 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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[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. > > > > > > -- ====== 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. 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