On Sat, 20 Apr 2002, Martin Maciaszek wrote: > Recently a discussion evolved on Slashdot about "What Turns You Off > About Evaluation Software?". There are quite some interesting points on > how programmers can make Shareware annoying that most people won't > bother to buy. A good read for most shareware authors.
Makes sense. Recently I fixed a logic bug in one of my apps that made the nag screen pop up more than I intended it to. Now it only shows when you launch the app, instead of every time you go back to the initial form (which is potentially a few times while the user is in the app). I noted that fix in the change log and, after a user registered it 2 days later, he emailed me back saying that that one change prompted him to buy. It seems others are following that pattern, too... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Smith // avalon73 at arthurian dot nu // http://www.arthurian.nu/ Software Developer // Gamer // Webmaster // System Administrator Echelon Teasers: NSA CIA FBI Mossad MI5 Cocaine Cuba Revolution Espionage -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
