The biggest problem is that developers must use a large fraction of those 325 characters to respond to erroneous and slanderous comments. If developers could respond directly to each comment as a "sub comment" or "one-deep thread", this would alleviate the need for longer description space.
On May 18, 10:14 am, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it really an issue? I'm not one to argue (ahem) but I can't think > of any type of application that can't be summed up in 325 characters > and explained in more detail with at least a simple WordPress > website... > > If someone can persuade me otherwise, I'll fully support this. > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Keith Wiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > These problems have been mentioned repeatedly. Other developers have > > started threads on every mailing list about this, including creating > > official "issue" on the google coders site. Unfortunately, very few > > developers have actually chimed in on those threads, which makes it > > look like not very many developers think there is a problem. I doubt > > that is the case, but if we don't speak up about these problems (am I > > mean in a concerted way on single centralized discussions instead of > > sporadic new threads all over the place), then how can we complain > > that nothing is done about them? > > > Keep the following old, existing threads alive by posting and voicing > > your support for their requests and suggestions: > > >http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=28340... > > >http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Android+Market/thread?tid=775f4... > > > MOST importantly, star the following code issues so they are taken > > seriously by Google when Google goes through the list looking for > > issues to address: > > >http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2149&q=comment%20ma... > > >http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?can=2&q=2558&colspec=I... > > > On May 16, 12:04 pm, fdimeglio <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, > > >> I have noticed in the past months that the comments on my app are > >> increasing. > > >> Unfortunately, despite the hard work and lot of testing, some users > >> are reporting very unfair comments that are sometimes very untrue. > > >> I have even seen some comments suggesting to go to another competitive > >> app and I was suspecting in that case that the developer of this > >> competitive app was trying to undermine my app reputation. > > >> I am trying to respond to those comments by putting my own comment but > >> this is not very practical (comment size is quite limited as also the > >> app description) > > >> I would like Google to allow us, the developers, to be able to respond > >> to each comment message if needed. > > >> It would be also very useful to have a larger app description (not > >> limited to this insane 325 chars max) and an extra description for > >> each update. > > >> Let me know your ideas and your experience about this. > > >> Fabrice > > >> OthBase - the strongest Othello®/Reversi for Android --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
