Hi! Just wanted to pitch in my two cents: if you really are targeting paying users (and therefore financed developers and users that like style and substance) you may want to make your website a little more professional looking. Right now it seems to be huge grey text, a centered logo and some buttons. Not something I`d risk my app on (at least now).
First impressions matter. I think ZappMarket should clean it up a little. On Mar 21, 1:13 pm, Shane Isbell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > Initially, was intending to just focus on the narrow high-end market for > apps. SlideME and AndAppstore, seemed to take care of the alternative market > scene; so I didn't see much point targeting this segment. > > Recently, I've been following the flubbed release of SlideME's compatibility > support. It looks as though support for Android 1.5 devices is completely > broken. This would affect most of the HTC distributions. One user doesn't > see any apps after 2009. I've also seen reports of Android 2.x devices also > being broken, where the applications won't install. This makes the developer > of the app look pretty bad as well. For four days, this has been going on. > To me, this is amateurish, particularly for on-device distributions. It > reflect badly all around. > > I do keep a frequent eye on what's going on at SlideME and one disturbing > thing I've noticed is that negative comments about SlideME are often deleted > from the forums and comments. If a developer hasn't been paid and complains, > the comment is deleted. Or in another case, a reported bug is removed. And > these are just the ones I've seen. I believe in openness and this just > doesn't cut it. This is not the company I started. It looks to be an attempt > to cover up whatever is going on. > > Even though I left SlideME four months ago, I do feel somewhat personally > responsible, as I was pitching the cause and need of SlideME for two years > prior. I definitely put my money where my mouth is and don't complain about > something unless I'm willing to back it up. > > So I'm going to open up free app invitations for the general community. Just > use 'ZappMarket Wiggle' for the invite code. Paid app features are still > closed beta, so e-mail me for the code to enable those features. > > I know it takes time and effort to build up a community of developers (for > everyone involved) but it doesn't do anyone any good to have their apps > hosted on a half-broken site. If you are interested in continuing beyond > where SlideME has stopped, please join me at ZappMarket and let's rebuild a > healthy, interactive community. > > Thanks, > > Shane Isbell (Founder of > ZappMarket)http://twitter.com/sisbellhttp://twitter.com/zappstorehttp://zappmarket.com -- 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.
