I think there is a huge number of apps submitted in this contest and sorting out the best is a huge work... that for once has been given to the users ! This is a great opportunity for us, but it also shows us that every app developer can't be the best.
The notes we have to give to apps are quite clear about what a winner could be : - it has to be an original concept - it has to use the specific features of the android platforms - it has to look good - it has to be universally useful to all of the reviewers Based on this, it's quite natural that applications that are not working right, are too specifically oriented to a subset of the population (religion, geography) will get eliminated on first round. If most of reviewers skip 80% of the submitted apps, this is because they, from the beginning, would not get a good mark on the "utility" line. I have really tested maybe a dozen apps for the moment, and most of them did not reach more than 2 stars in every line, because they are not working, are one version of a concept among a hundred similar implementations, or because they don't answer MY needs. This is true for every other revewers, and it has to be like this if we really want to see emerging the real best apps. There is no place for poor apps, this is a contest for really outstanding apps that will show all the power of the android platform against the others. So, even if after this round only a dozen of apps get high rates, I think these apps will really be the ones that will deserve it and it's allright ! It might be sad for developers who spent a lot of time in coding their apps and do not get many reviews, but... hey, wake up ! this means your app is either not good enough or too specific (and this does not mean it is bad !). On 28 sep, 16:47, Disconnect <dc.disconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > If it doesn't work, it gets rated low. If it takes hours to set itself > up (I'm looking at you local-radio-cache-app) it gets given up on and > rated low. (Hours of downloads, on a link that can pull an entire > ubuntu dvd in a few minutes..) Any app that goes all FC after the > first page (ahem, awesome-looking monster card game list) gets low > ratings.. > > I think the biggest two problems with the -number- of reviewers is > that getting an app to actually install is a mess (I have only had one > install via ADP app, and one that wouldn't install at -all- after > trying half the weekend) and not that many people know it is there to > begin with.. > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:21 AM, Rud <rudmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I agree. I wish the judging app allowed something like 5 apps to be > > queued on the phone. There are some I skipped because I didn't have > > time to explore them right now but did want to see what else is being > > offered. I'm hoping some of the skipped ones will reappear at some > > point. > > > Rud > > > On Sep 27, 9:03 pm, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > <cor...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I wonder how many of the users judging the applications have submitted > >> > their own applications and are just voting other applications down to > >> > improve their own chances of winning... > > >> That's a rather cynical view, however, one that's probably close to > >> the mark in a lot of cases. > > >> I've been testing apps since the judging began and frankly, the > >> judging app is slanted toward apps that can produce the desired result > >> with little or no user interaction or understanding of what the app > >> does. If you require the user to actually understand what you're > >> offering, with registration and other details, you're in for a bad > >> time in ADC2. I think it was probably less than ideal that the judging > >> app can only work one article at a time. It might have been more fair > >> and even if it could have held a universe of apps the user would like > >> to try out. > > >> -John Coryat > > >> "Radar Now!" > > >> "What Zip Code?" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
