Comments on: Android moving forward, Market left behind

By: gwlaw99

gwlaw99 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:35:24 +0000

Some of these functions do exists.

1. Boolean search. Try, for example, “ahome -theme -font” without the quotes.

2. Popularity
You can find daily most popular lists at http://www.androlib.com

3. Easy way to recommend applications.
Download a program called “Market Suggest”

4. Multiple Versions of the Same app.
Panda home , for example, directs you to a website that has multiple builds you can download and install. Not the best option, but it works.

By: Android and Me

Android and Me — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:49:40 +0000

[...] have documented our disappointment with the Android Market and now notable developers are beginning to criticize it [...]

By: Flurry could finally bring app discovery to Android – Android and Me

Flurry could finally bring app discovery to Android – Android and Me — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:03 +0000

[...] Android Market sucks when it comes to application discovery. We have shared our gripes over and over, but Google has yet to demonstrate they are willing to put the resources towards [...]

By: Dominik

Dominik — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:01:17 +0000

What about opening marked of paid apps in more countries? Why is it not yet available in my country (Poland)? Doesn’t Google (and developers) want to earn as much money as possible from the Market?

By: Justin Shapcott

Justin Shapcott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:19:02 +0000

By the way… Go star them all…

By: Justin Shapcott

Justin Shapcott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:17:26 +0000

OK, here’s a list. Yes, it looks crappy. But it works.

http://nexsoftware.net/Android/Issues.html

By: Justin Shapcott

Justin Shapcott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:36:22 +0000

On that note, I am making an easy list of all Market related bugs at the Android bug tracker to make for easy starring. Be back in a few.

By: Justin Shapcott

Justin Shapcott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:27:21 +0000

Now, all we have to do is get Google to actually take notice…

By: ExtremeT

ExtremeT — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:25:39 +0000

I pretty much agree with that entire list and just about everything mentioned in the comments thus far. Although the current ‘upgrades’ to the market have been nice there is still a lot of improvement needed before it’s true potential for both Devs and downloaders alike. A globally available market for paid apps, better payment solutions and for the love of god more then 325 chars for a description and definitely something web based for the market is a must.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:17:38 +0000

Great to have an exhaustive list but if Google is to listen to anything, they should be listening to the biggest market problem …

PAYMENT FAILS AGAIN AND AGAIN

A market where people want to sell and people want to buy and neither succeeds is a complete joke.

This should be placed ABOVE all other market issues because it is a fundamental requirement of any working market.

Fix this, then deal with the other points.

Don’t fix this and users can continue to enjoy widespread pirated apps and devs will just get fed up and build for iPhone.