Comments on: Android 1.6 Donut To Bring New Android Market Features http://www.talkandroid.com/1677-android-market-updates-2/ Google Android News, Reviews, and Forums Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Georges http://www.talkandroid.com/1677-android-market-updates-2/#comment-3325 Georges Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:46:51 +0000 http://www.talkandroid.com/?p=1677#comment-3325 While I like the new look and the screenshots, this doesn't go in the direction I wish. What I most frequently want to do is browse for apps, with no specific type/theme in mind. I just want to discover "cool" stuff, things I never heard about, not more categories. I never use them, as I don't have time to browse more categories. What I need are filters. Here are the things I want to be able to NOT see: - apps only provided in languages I don't know. This is becoming more and more of a problem on Market, with more and more apps in Chinese/Asian languages, or in European languages I don't know. I want to be able to see only apps in English/French/German. Also think about people who can't read English: it has to be trivial for them to never see English only apps… Brutal, but that's the experience I'd expect. There are tons of ebooks too. - apps with irrelevant local contents. I don't want to see all these maps of places that are irrelevant to my current location. I don't want the metro map of London to ever appear, or at least, I should be able to filter out everything further than 100 miles away from my current location. Conversely, the day I take the plane and land in NY, I want the NY metro maps to appear right away with all NY specific content apps. Other example: TV guides. Do I care about German/Swedish/UK TV guides? These all exist on Android market in 2 versions (lite & full)... As I live in the US, I couldn't care less. And vice-versa. Local content is only ever relevant to a minority of people, as only a minority of users live in or around that location/country. - apps from "bad" authors. There are way too many publishers that make 10s or 100s of apps that are all crappy, in the same spirit. Like the "Celebrity XXX sound/pics pack" apps, and the like, that change ringtones and/or wallpapers and the like according to a theme. They build 10s of these. Other example: I heard Apple banned an Indian app developer who authored over 800 apps, all of dubious interest. Rather than have this guy be banned (which is always unpopular), we could better let users decide for themselves and maybe let the developers know how often they've been filtered out permanently. - low ratings: I often don't even bother with an app with less than 3 stars. Please improve market: this is where the value of the platform is built, yet, the app itself is not too good... :-( While I like the new look and the screenshots, this doesn’t go in the direction I wish.
What I most frequently want to do is browse for apps, with no specific type/theme in mind. I just want to discover “cool” stuff, things I never heard about, not more categories. I never use them, as I don’t have time to browse more categories.
What I need are filters. Here are the things I want to be able to NOT see:

- apps only provided in languages I don’t know. This is becoming more and more of a problem on Market, with more and more apps in Chinese/Asian languages, or in European languages I don’t know. I want to be able to see only apps in English/French/German. Also think about people who can’t read English: it has to be trivial for them to never see English only apps… Brutal, but that’s the experience I’d expect. There are tons of ebooks too.

- apps with irrelevant local contents. I don’t want to see all these maps of places that are irrelevant to my current location. I don’t want the metro map of London to ever appear, or at least, I should be able to filter out everything further than 100 miles away from my current location. Conversely, the day I take the plane and land in NY, I want the NY metro maps to appear right away with all NY specific content apps. Other example: TV guides. Do I care about German/Swedish/UK TV guides? These all exist on Android market in 2 versions (lite & full)… As I live in the US, I couldn’t care less. And vice-versa. Local content is only ever relevant to a minority of people, as only a minority of users live in or around that location/country.

- apps from “bad” authors. There are way too many publishers that make 10s or 100s of apps that are all crappy, in the same spirit. Like the “Celebrity XXX sound/pics pack” apps, and the like, that change ringtones and/or wallpapers and the like according to a theme. They build 10s of these. Other example: I heard Apple banned an Indian app developer who authored over 800 apps, all of dubious interest. Rather than have this guy be banned (which is always unpopular), we could better let users decide for themselves and maybe let the developers know how often they’ve been filtered out permanently.

- low ratings: I often don’t even bother with an app with less than 3 stars.

Please improve market: this is where the value of the platform is built, yet, the app itself is not too good… :-(

]]> By: Android App Review Source http://www.talkandroid.com/1677-android-market-updates-2/#comment-3316 Android App Review Source Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:50:59 +0000 http://www.talkandroid.com/?p=1677#comment-3316 I like it. I think it's a step in the right direction. Much more cleaner than what the Market currently looks like. The Top Free, Top Paid and Just In tabs are a huge improvement. I like it. I think it’s a step in the right direction. Much more cleaner than what the Market currently looks like. The Top Free, Top Paid and Just In tabs are a huge improvement.

]]> By: modo http://www.talkandroid.com/1677-android-market-updates-2/#comment-3301 modo Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:46:27 +0000 http://www.talkandroid.com/?p=1677#comment-3301 looks more like cydia or the app store now good0o. do miss using the app store. looks more like cydia or the app store now good0o. do miss using the app store.

]]> By: Eric http://www.talkandroid.com/1677-android-market-updates-2/#comment-3300 Eric Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:30:26 +0000 http://www.talkandroid.com/?p=1677#comment-3300 Oddly enough, it appears you can only upload 2 screenshots. Not 2 per app,... just 2. Total. WTFGOOGLE? (hoping and assuming that this is just a glitch at the moment) Oddly enough, it appears you can only upload 2 screenshots. Not 2 per app,… just 2. Total.

WTFGOOGLE?

(hoping and assuming that this is just a glitch at the moment)

]]> By: tylerstyle http://www.talkandroid.com/1677-android-market-updates-2/#comment-3299 tylerstyle Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:31:03 +0000 http://www.talkandroid.com/?p=1677#comment-3299 Better question yet? When will Donut finally come out? Better question yet? When will Donut finally come out?

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