On 31/12/2011 20:29, Nathan wrote:
I've been there. We do need to take control of what we allow to infuriate us. Get plenty of sleep and exercise. Make sure you are making some good money from your app. That seems to take the sting off.
Thanks for your insightful post with great advice.
However simple you think your UI is, it can probably be improved. Its amazing, but just a couple of buttons have caused users confusion for months. There are tradeoffs. Making one feature more obvious can make another one less obvious. Make them all obvious and someone will complain about how cluttered your app is. For example, I have enough features that I've decided to keep using a menu even though there are people who will never make it to that menu, even if the opening screen shows a picture of how to open the menu.
Very true. Recently I had a few users confused about an optional wizard started by the app on first run to install server software on their PC or Mac. Some thought it was mandatory to operate the app. Since then I've removed that wizard from first launch. Now it is less discoverable but potentially less confusing (as some users
can't read if their live depend on it).
Don't ever make the slightest mistake in an upgrade, ie beef up your QA processes so that you never break existing functionality. But I can't exactly say i am very strong or set a good example in this department. On December 23rd, there was an update I just needed to get out, but with all the fixes and improvements, I couldn't help but feel there was something I missed that would break, particularly when I hired out some of the code. I was right! ;(
I know what you mean. Until now, every semi-major released I've made (including a few weeks of work) has broken something significant for some users, requiring one or two
point releases within 48h. Users are absolutely merciless with regressions. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
