Hi, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) (John Coryat) I downloaded your app today to play with it, and I do have some comments: (I gave you 5 stars)
1. It is FAST! and doesn't require user intervention, that is great. Easy to use there. 2. I'm on a Droid original - I found personally that the instructions that came up were fine since I don't mind reading, but I don't think anyone is usually going to read through such a long page of text. Maybe making it more like a "tutorial" would be friendlier, like a quick-walk through. I KNOW the app is free, and I have no problems I'm just sharing my impression of the app when I first started it. 3. I also found the buttons a little too small. The close button for example on the instructions was pretty small and not very visible. In fact I "closed" the instructions using the back key, and this exited the entire program, so I had to restart it. Just a small usability issue there. I think it would be much better is the zoom and help buttons were larger. Maybe make then circles so they aren't as much in the way (since they would be larger). That wouldn't take long to do. 4. I'd get rid of the Radar now facts on the bottom, they appear like an ad and are just annoying since they take up screen space in portrait mode. Ok, well, its probably not that big a deal since it's not like the graphic can really be any bigger anyway, so you do have room at the bottom. MAYBE just put ads in it here instead (LOL) although I agree that ads can really suck too! I just found that the tips there break up the appearance and make it look messy and harder to read what's going on. Just a few notes from a fellow dev. I'm no expert designer either ! If anyone ever wants to critique my apps (Electrum Drum and ReLoop) I'll grit my teeth and bear it. I know ReLoop is really messy yet. -niko On Feb 1, 2:00 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> When someone criticizes a free app or wants more you could be waiting in > >> the wings to pick up that money "on the table." > > The problem with this sales method is it requires human intervention > in the sale. For a 99 cent item, the cost of sending the response far > outweighs the 69 cents profit. Not saying it isn't an opportunity to > convert a problem into a sale but it wouldn't be efficient to use this > as a sales method. > > -John Coryat -- 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.
