Oh yah, "Sucks" is my favourite comment to receive on my widgets. Maybe Google could just use a blacklist of words which cause the rating to be ignored from the average.
BTW, for fun, try tracking down some of the offenders. Some of them have unique IDs that are easy to track to a matching Gmail addr. I drop them a polite line thanking them for trying the widget and asking in what way it was deficient. I've yet to hit one where it was a real deficiency in the widget. Most often, when I send my canned email about how to install a widget on the home screen (and what the home screen is), they acknowledge that it works. They rarely go back and change their rating though. I'm surprised I've survived with a 3.5 stars with all the "Won't install" ratings I've got. :-) Garnet Ulrich On Mar 5, 10:56 am, dgoemans <dgoem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thomas, > > I really wish this approach to making people not rate down your widget > worked, but i've realised that no matter what you do, you'll still get > people who drag your widget's settings app onto the desktop and ask > why it's small and won't update. Luckily some of them email me, but as > the market shows every widget has some text in the app description > about that. Thankfully i'm getting a Nexus One, cause i have a lot of > downloads and a good rep as being a responsive dev so my ratings are > high, but i still get really frustrated with the occasional person > just saying "Force Closes" or "Sucks" ( which clearly doesn't affect > the other 30000 users ). > > -- > David Goemans ( DigiClock Widget ) > > On Mar 5, 11:40 am, Thomas Riley <tomrile...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Setup an activity that loads when someone attempts to open the widget > > explaining its a widget (and set properties?) or remove the option to > > "open" it. > > > On Mar 5, 9:21 am, Tako Au <tak...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Agree with you. I've written a pure widget (which cannot be opened) > > > and received tons of 1-star commented "Can't open". > > > > On Mar 5, 5:56 am, Wayne Wenthin <wa...@fuligin.com> wrote: > > > > > Yeah the rest of us are really interested in your good fortune. > > > > > Honestly if the market were worth its salt there wouldn't be angry > > > > customers > > > > because we developers that are trying could actually communicate with > > > > the 1 > > > > stars out there that just say crap like "FC's too much" without even > > > > trying > > > > to contact support. I've busted my ass in the last couple months to > > > > get > > > > my rating from 2 stars to 3.25. Stuff like this does nothing but > > > > anger me > > > > because if I not tried to build something uniq and just built another > > > > fart > > > > app I could have got a free phone. Sorry but this leaves a bad taste > > > > in > > > > my mouth and I'm sure I'm not alone. > > > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Thomas Riley > > > > <tomrile...@googlemail.com>wrote: > > > > > > :( > > > > > > Remember everyone, be sure to post your joy here! > > > > > > On Mar 4, 9:20 pm, Markus <tamet...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Nope, not yet. Though I'm sitting on fire waiting for it ;) > > > > > > > On Mar 4, 10:13 pm, Thomas Riley <tomrile...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Ok, so I know its still early days, but has anyone had their > > > > > > > dispatch > > > > > > > confirmation email yet? > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > > > > Writing code is one of few things > > > > that teaches me I don't know everything. > > > > > Make Call Girl Manager great! > > > > Join the forums.http://www.fuligin.com/forums-Hidequotedtext - > > > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
