By the same token, nobody really wants the description field to turn into a forum either. The description is supposed to *describe* the application, using it for anything else is abusing its purpose. Developers do often use it for responding to comments, and for holding the version changelog, but the answer to this isn't to make the description field larger - it's to provide other means of offering this particular information to people. I believe that this is acheived with the website link, but others seem to think this information should be more prominent to the user, so how about we investigate achieving that instead.
As for responding to comments, I guess for now you'll just have to chirp in the user comments section like everyone else. To be honest, there have been times when I've seen people warning off an application for reasons that turned out to be perfectly valid. It's impossible to determine whether a particular person is being honest, so when reading reviews most people will look to the majority, rather than the exception: As long as your app really doesn't suck, then you should receive enough positive comments for the "unfair" one not to matter. I'm not sure whether a threaded comments system would work well on such small screen real estate, but perhaps someone could sketch up how it might work. Perhaps a good compromise would be to have the developer comments highlighted in some way in the existing comments section, so messages like "Update available: fixed the force closing" can be made prominent without having to use up description characters. Perhaps it's worth looking at the other markets (AndAppStore, SAM, etc) to see how they do this. On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Psym <[email protected]> wrote: > >> At the very end, I dont think this private talk is interesting to anybody. > > On the contrary, this is the best thread on here :) Reversi fight! > > Back on topic for a second though... I'm in two minds about this. Yes, > I see comments about my app and get annoyed that someone is > complaining about a feature missing that is staring them in the face, > but if we are allowed to respond then where does it stop? You mention > the idea of a one deep thread, but then why should the developer get > the last word? I don't want the comments to turn into a forum > (although it might be nice to have one created for each app and a link > provided). > > I don't think mentioning another app should not be allowed - if I know > of a better one, why not tell everyone? > > I firmly believe that good will win out and the uninformed or plain > slanderous comments will be washed away by the reasonable ones. > > > > On May 19, 10:29 am, fdimeglio <[email protected]> wrote: >> Aart, >> >> Please dont give me any lecture again (you seems really liking doing >> this...) and dont mix stuff and keep your pride away. I am stating >> here some quite big generic issues with the Android Market and not >> talking about anything else. >> >> I have not changed my mind at all and I still consider your Reversi >> for Android is hurting the Othello game big time (and btw your other >> Chess and Draw applications are in the same quality as the Reversi >> one...). I have explained that to you thru a private email but then if >> you want our talk to be public, no problem at all. For being honest >> you should say that I proposed to change my comment about your app in >> the case you would improve it. >> >> At the very end, I dont think this private talk is interesting to >> anybody. >> >> Last but not the least, for the sake of transparency, here is a >> comment (that is a complete pure bs) I got for my app: >> >> Crashed 1st 6 times opening app..... uninstalled. Be sure to test apps >> before submitting to market. Want a good reversi search for Hudson >> reversi..... >> David >> 2009-05-06 17:41:50 >> >> If you are smart enough to look at the dates, you will understand. >> >> Fabrice > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
