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["Sergey \"Shnatsel\" Davidoff" <sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

2013/3/26 Goncalo Margalho <g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi all,
> first of all I want to congratulate Mefrio (which I don't know his real
> name) for the good work on the AppCenter.
>
> From my point of view the AppCenter should be completely online, like all
> the others appstore, like Play from google, (they have even the webversion
> which is fast so I don't see why it should be fast in an app).
> So what we can do it's make it completely online, so you will load
> everything from a server and if you don't have connection you can't see
> anything.
>
> Or an other alternative it's to keep it like now and in the single view
> (the one of the app that you want to install) load the reviews, images etc
> in background. This could be good but You still have to synchronize with
> new apps. and what about the apps that you need to pay? those ones may not
> be on the repositories so you don't see them. Another solution could be
> that on the load of the AppCenter you download those app and update the
> local dabase.
>
> Which one is the best solution for you?
>

Before we delve into possible solutions, could you clarify what is the
problem with the way AppCenter works currently?

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Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
OS architect @ elementary