3 ms·

Apps without meaningful descriptions should be deleted or hidden by default. A changelog is not a description. Related to that, the 325 character limit for app

• sundarurfriend 16y ago
  I see a lot of developers complaining about this, but from the point of view of a user, that feels like the limit of how much users (me) would be willing to read per-app. In my experience, it's rare that an app cannot be adequately described in that space.
  • orangecat 16y ago
    Your comment contains 257 characters. Do you seriously think adding 72 more would allow you to effectively describe an app of any significant complexity?
    • sundarurfriend 16y ago
      It's difficult, but it's mostly doable, and more importantly, necessary. People don't read, and even if you had a longer description people aren't going to read more than a few lines of it. So instead of losing out because people didn't read the whole of your description, I see this as an incentive to place everything within the region people will read. However, I do agree that with apps of increasing complexity (WaveSecure comes to mind), you'll have to leave out a lot to fit in the space. In these cases though, I feel the rating and comments should give the user enough push to try the app, after which your app can describe itself all it wants.