Why Publishing on the Windows Phone is Like Walking Barefoot On Broken Glass

Post by rogerbinns » Sat, Jul 14, 2012, 5:45 AM UTC

jimueller wrote: post #34

rogerbinns wrote: post #28

What I find fascinating is the app store URL. It includes en-US and the app is identified by a GUID so you have no chance of working out what it is other than clicking on the link. Locales of fr-CA and fr-FR worked but not en-UK or en-GB. Apple has a country code, the app name and a numeric id. But the app name is just decoration and is ignored, so you could easily mislead by putting in anything you want. From the co…

I disagree that the long URL is a problem because I don't see people typing in mobile app store URLs. Either they search on the name or click a link. I do agree that it would be nice to have an app name that matters somewhere in the URL.

Post by franzus » Sat, Jul 14, 2012, 6:17 AM UTC

sp332 wrote: post #18

amishforkfight wrote: post #13

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Who would get offended by that? It's not even close to offensive.

I was close to being offended before I realized that it was supposed to be an offhand joke. And then I was still a little offended, and I can see how some people really would not like that said about them. edit: i'm trying to explain what about it offends me. I guess that it's making assumptions about my sexuality which is pretty personal, or making light of my sexuality which is pretty important.

Post by siger » Sat, Jul 14, 2012, 6:55 AM UTC

BadassFractal wrote: post #2

Does anybody have a positive experience with publishing to the Windows app store that they'd like to share?

Post by jasomill » Sat, Jul 14, 2012, 7:34 AM UTC

Mythbusters wrote: post #22

latch wrote: post #21

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Explains why they tried, doesn't explain why they are sticking to it, unless they imagine the story, both in terms of market penetration and developer support, is going to get considerably better.

the Windows Phone platform is going through some churn. With the new Windows 8, apps can share the marketplace so you can target the Windows installed base with your apps too. If you have already spent efforts developing the app, leaving it there seems worth it.

Post by tluyben2 » Sat, Jul 14, 2012, 7:41 AM UTC

majormajor wrote: post #32

SwellJoe wrote: post #27

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That's inaccurate. HTC had a record-setting quarter with the introduction of the G1 at the end of 2008, and the Dream was also a bestselling device. By the second year Android was outselling iPhone (which had been the fastest selling phone in history up to that point). Android was, by all reasonable measures, an explosive and rapid success. One could argue it took a few months to "take off", but its sales numbers hav…

It's fantastic. Either it'll eventually take off, or else either Apple or Google will copy all the good ideas and I'll switch back. Either way works for me, frankly. (Well, no, that's not entirely true. I'd prefer it take off next year and Nokia survives intact, because nobody else is making hardware that isn't hopelessly bland looking.)