Add another who would like the option of adding a reasonably sized changelog.
In the case of my games (strategy/RPG/adventures) games, e.g., I occasionally need to do significant changes in the savegame structure that invalidate old savefiles (even if I try to minimize this and maintain backward compatibility, sometimes it is just not doable/worth the effort). Having a user update only to find out that their old savegames are no longer compatible is not a good situation. Most users do update fairly quickly, but there can be many good reasons why a user might not want to update (e.g., savegame incompatibility or simply because a feature has been added/removed that they like). Another example of when a changelog is useful is when permissions change (though what I'd really like wrt to this problem is an extra information field in the manifest which is shown in the market where developers explain what they are using each individual permission for). Regards, Michael A. On Aug 21, 10:25 am, Kostya Vasilyev <kmans...@gmail.com> wrote: > 21.08.2010 2:46, TreKing ?????: > > > > > Droll. Very droll. What's the first thing that people do when an > > app comes up as 'available for update'? Everyone I've asked > > (techie and non-techie alike) says "So, what's changed this > > time?" Thus, changelog is a happy thing for everyone (that I've > > asked). > > > Which is easily remedied by showing a change log right in the app when > > they update so users see what they got. No need for a market section, > > really. > > Not true. > > A changelog in Market would be visible before an application is > downloaded and installed. A changelog displayed by the application > obviously is not. > > To use a real-world metaphor, they do print "New! Improved taste!" on > the *outside* of cereal boxes, right? > > -- > Kostya Vasilev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
