2558 <http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2558>
On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great idea. I've done just that. The subject line of the entry is > "Several important Market comment recommendations". If we get as many > people as possible to flag it, perhaps it will noticed (and taken > seriously). Tell your friends. > > On May 1, 2:14 pm, Mariano Kamp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Keith, regarding 4, screenshots and videos would be great too. > > Anyway, maybe you should take the content of your mail and put an > > enhancement request into b.android.com and mention the url here, so that > we > > can star the issue. > > > > I am not sure if that will get noticed by our overlords, but at least we > > would have a common place to store our Android Market > bitching/enhancement > > requests. > > > > On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Does anyone here have any actual information (not just speculation) > > > about whether the Market comment system will ever be fixed? It > > > suffers from many serious problems. I would suggest: > > > > > 1 -- The ability of developers to offer a brief response to every > > > single comment, so that false, erroneous, or out-of-date comments can > > > be noted. > > > > > 2 -- The ability of developers to respond (in a fashion similar to > > > point one) to comments in paid apps, which currently cannot be done > > > because only paid users can comment on paid apps and developers are > > > not paid users of their own apps. > > > > > 3 -- Version-tagging on comments, so readers know which version a > > > comment refers to (helps to alleviate comments that refer to bugs/ > > > problems in out-of-date versions which no longer exist in the current > > > version). > > > > > 4 -- Not a comment problem but a description problem: An extension of > > > the maximum length of app description beyond the current 325 char > > > limit. Maybe 500? Maybe 1000? Not necessarily a lot, but more than > > > is currently available. This problem is somewhat mitigate by point > > > one since point one would save the developer from using description > > > space to correct erroneous comments. > > > > > Seriously, is Google thinking about doing any of this or is the > > > current Market system going to remain as is for a very very long > > > time? These things really need to change. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
