Thanks Peli, Is there no way to get the data that is being kept on the Market out to the web? My guess from your answer is no, but it seems to be quite a shame.
--Ed On Feb 4, 10:05 am, Peli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ed, > > As far as I understand, Cyrket just acts as a proxy, to forward your > requests to the real Market in real-time, and merely display the > results it obtains from there. > > Many of your requests (sort results by rating, improve search > function, ...) are beyond what the Market currently offers, hence I > fear Cyrket is the wrong place to address these kinds of requests > to... > (it is like asking a mirror site to host more / better content than > the original site). > > Peli > > On Feb 4, 4:44 pm, Ed <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks Muthu, > > > I wrote the site creator to address some key shortcomings of his site-- > > specifically that it is too much like the Market. I will post my > > letter here, in case the author visits here, or anyone else wants to > > chime in: > > ----- > > Hi, > > > I have a number of suggestions for your mirror of the Android Market. > > Thanks for your work so far, it is greatly appreciated by this user. > > > 1. Display a total number of applications and games. This is critical > > in that people have no idea how far to go back to find good > > applications. Also, the growth of the Market is a measure of its > > success, and no one seems to know how big it is at the moment. > > > 2. Allow a customizable view of the number of entries per page. This > > is the great advantage that a computer screen has over a cell phone > > screen. I would like to be able to view 25, 50, even 100 applications > > at a time. > > > 3. Create a header bar that can be used for sorting, as in any file > > manager. Name, Date, Rating, Number of Downloads, Version, etc, would > > all be very useful. The fact that no one can sort by star rating makes > > it harder to get to the apps that everyone likes. > > > 4. The search function could be improved, just like the Market. For > > example, if I can only remember part of a name, like "sans" for > > "droidsans," I get no results. Also, if I type in "droid," "droidsans" > > is not among the results. > > > Thanks very much, > > --Ed > > > On Feb 3, 12:53 am, Muthu Ramadoss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > An unofficial web client for Android market exists here: > > > >http://www.cyrket.com/ > > > > take care, > > > Muthu Ramadoss. > > > >http://linkedin.com/in/tellibitz+91-9840348914http://androidrocks.in-...Consulting. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
