Hi Dennis,
I have an app that list links but not sort the information, just listed as
seen on the page.
Now I could do a sort if needed.
I have to ad the text edit field for URL to load at start for I am still
testing.
I will also add a list of URLS to select from.
But still testing and seem to have a good working app most of the time.
Maybe today I can upload the app in test mode only. I am adding the find
details at the moment, such as the edit field.
Bruce
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: Meaningless app ratings
waiting to try your breaking news app.
On 2/17/2014 11:25 AM, LB wrote:
> Hi Rod,
>
> I am working on the Breaking New app that was wanted. I could just use
> clips and search them, requiring to know the Internet provider program.
> So, I load the web page links and display the data inside the link at
> the moment. Testing all bugs and such.
> The list displays the link data then the second list is the URL which
> may not be needed and annoying.
>
> You can load that page and list it's links, or go to the web site,
> loading all script stuff and maybe viruses.
>
> I strip the script tags out, all input statements and just list the
> links and data if you just select loading the page; using Alt-L hotkey.
> To go to the page you hit the Alt-G hotkey.
>
> I am doing may varieties of things and reducing it down to what works
> and takes the least amount of time.
> I will next load the page text as a list because some link data is
> before the link surrounded by Paragraph tags normally, sometimes just header
> tags. That I will do next once I get the links down to a good level.
>
> The list allows you to at least go to a link based on the first letter
> of the link data info.
>
>
> Now the Breaking News wanted to look for changes of the news and alert
> the person of those changes. As Chip had suggested, a pop-up message. I may
> do that but may list the text instead.
>
>
> I also have to add the choice of web sites to look at, along with the
> last link you went to as part of the control panel features.
>
>
> So, if you would like a copy of what I have at the moment I can upload a
> script of it to app central for testing only.
>
> Bruce
>
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: Meaningless app ratings
>
>
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Yes, thanks, but it wasn't that I was bothered because I failed the
> course or something. smile It was the fact that the low rating implied
> that the app doesn't completely accomplish the task for which I wrote
> it, namely, to make the accessibility of a program reliable. Because it
> accomplishes the task I feel an accessibility-enhancement app should do,
> it should have gotten a rating of five, not two. I simply think the
> person who rated it was being gratuitously nasty.
>
> By the way, what are you working on now?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rod
>
> On 2/17/14 6:24 AM, LB wrote:
>> Hi Rod,
>>
>> there is one person that always gives a low rating. There is always
>> one person who is negative and we can not stop them.
>> Ignore the rating when it is low for that person is always going to
>> give one. The biggest fears are those who just want to take our email
>> addresses.
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Bruce
>>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:55 PM
>> Subject: Meaningless app ratings
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm not licking my wounds here, but my most recent app, Power Mixer
>> Enhance, was given a rating of two out of five, with a total of one
>> rating, while no comments were offered. I guess I'm wondering how we
>> can encourage App Central members to rate apps, and yet have ratings
>> gain a meaningful significance to people who are considering whether or
>> not to use them. I know we can't force people to explain the reasons
>> for their personal ratings, but then is there really any value to having
>> ratings associated with apps when people can rate them on a whim without
>> having to take responsibility for assigning a rating which novice users
>> may assume has been assigned by those who hold authority of some kind.
>> I say this only because experience has taught me time and again how
>> easily people can be misled to believe that their welfare is being cared
>> for when this is actually not the case. It seems to me that the current
>> app rating system is a potential source of confusion at the very least,
>> and, at the worst, an instrument to mislead WE users. The screen reader
>> competition leaps to mind as I think about the possibility of malicious
>> behaviour hurting WE users, especially in the light of GW Micro's
>> partnership with Microsoft. I have seen nasty comments on the GWInfo
>> list, and I have taken exception with several posters who seem to be
>> attempting to strike at the Window-Eyes product by merely criticizing GW
>> Micro rather than offering support to the GW Micro user community. I
>> think we are well advised to remove as much confusion from the GW Micro
>> website as possible, wherever it is found, and these irresponsible app
>> ratings are a good case in point, since where there is no accountability
>> for our opinions there is no value to be found in expressing them.
>>
>> Respectfully,
>>
>> Rod
>>
>>
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