Eileen, I hope you will keep posting these notices to the list. I find them very useful. I tend to agree with you though that people should become comfortable using searches to get more information. The issue may be compounded in the App Store since there are so many apps and so many have similar names, but someone could take a look first, and if it's that confusing, they could ask for some more clarification. For my part, I'll post a link or more information if I have it handy, but if not, I assume anyone else can use the search tab in the App Store or Google just the same as I can.
Interestingly enough, this same issue came up on another list where someone got indignant because someone answered a question and mentioned an application without providing a link. I pretty much repeated what I said above, which is if I have the name of the application and the link I'll post it, but if I have to go to Google myself then the person who wants to know where to get the application or what it does then they can use Google just as easily as I can. IMHO, none of us are paid to participate on these lists, and I appreciate any information I can get. I also worry that if the standard operating procedure becomes only post a message if you can provide a link and a description of the app then people will just stop posting useful tid bits of information. Not because they don't want to but just because everyone is busy, so they'll wait until they have time to collect more info, and then it'll be too late. On 05/07/12 15:04, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hello List, > > I hope this email will not block me from this list. This will be the last > time I will post any free apps. I have given the name and the company that > produced this app correctly. If you are just darn lazy to look it up in the > app store, then there is nothing else to say. I thought I was doing a good > deed by giving those that are interested a heads up on the apps that have > been discussed here and that others may want to download that are free or > are little cost. The app that has been most helpful for me to review apps on > a daily basis is "Store News," so just put this in the search field on the > app store on the phone and it will be listed for one to add to their apps to > review the free or low cost app on their own. I value this list and have > grown substantially, but I will respond to those who I can offer my > assistance personally to their emails because there is a tremendous amount > of traffic on this list to be caught up with this nonsense. > > Thanks for listening and I hope one will take my advice and add the "Store > News" app to their phone and take the time to review it on their own. > > Eileen > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
