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	Texrat	2010-03-19 , 17:53
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I'll respond to this point by point now.

Originally Posted by Mandor

Slide 5 : Is there really no other way to make a donation than with site like PayPal. Perhaps it should be integrated with your ovi account ? I just see this coming : "I wanted to make a donation but I was brought to PayPal. Is this a scam ? PayPal is not mainstream. If an end user got a Nokia phone and s/he is brought to Ovi.com for donation or better yet if it is integrated in the OS and told that, say, 2$ will be deduced from his/her Ovi account then I am sure donations would increase.

As mentioned in another reply, Obopay is an option I would hope. I have expanded that part of the presentation to accomodate alternatives to Paypal-- although it really was only used as an example.

Originally Posted by Mandor

Slide 16 : Just a small comment. I would trigger the survey after the application has been launch for the fifth time. When I close an application it is often because I have something else do to and don't want to go through a survey at that time.

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As I am not always online I would like to be able to complete the survey offline. I guess it is possible to store the survey localy and then when the phone is connected it can be sent.

Good suggestion, and I can see adding that as a configuration option, sure.

BUT-- the best time to survey the typical user is immediately after they've used the app. If I start an app, I just want to use it and not be bothered with a survey. However, no harm in making that user-configurable and in fact all options should be under a user's control.

And yes, certainly responses could and should be staged offline for later upload. That goes for everything in the proposed framework.

Originally Posted by Mandor

ISlide 21 : Is it possible to have something a la Windows which automaticaly send a report ? If it takes more than 1-2 minutes you are at risk the end user will get tired and close the bug reporting application.

To make it simple : Speed and ease of use are key elements for bug reporting, donation and rating.

There actually already is a provision in Maemo for crash reporting... in fact there was a mild protest on the dev list about me encroaching on that.

But sure, more needs to be investigated there. Note that this was also already planned to be configurable; to what, how and when a user responds should/would be completely under their control.

Thanks for the questions! Glad someone is interested.

I have added a page for this project to the MeeGo wiki. PLEASE join in if you are interested!

http://wiki.meego.com/Proposal_for_a..._working_group

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