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Re: Questions about problems while testing

 

This is a request which I back. Many users will want to test apps on the emulator or the ubuntu-desktop-next images. They should know why they cannot find the apps they search for.

Am Mi, 8. Okt, 2014 um 5:20 schrieb Michel Renon <michel.renon@xxxxxxx>:
Le 08/10/2014 16:17, James Tait a écrit :
> On 8 October 2014 14:38, Michel RENON <renon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:renon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>wrote:
>
>
> - in ubuntu store, the only way to find 'dekko' is when it is listed
>     in "top apps". I can't find it with search (searching 'dekko' or
>     even 'de')
>
>
>     - I can't install dekko :
>     after download reached 100%, i have the message
>     "downloading or installing failed"
>     (in launchpad, a similar bug is already marked as corrected
>     https://answers.launchpad.net/__dekko/+question/251542
>     <https://answers.launchpad.net/dekko/+question/251542>)
>
>
>
> ​I can probably explain these two - dekko is only available for armhf,
> and the emulator ​is x86. The search results are filtered by
> architecture. The highlights ought to be, too, so I've raised Bug
> #1378853 for this.

Thanks for explanation, it was so obvious !

from a user point of view, default filtering can be frustating : user
has no indication why the searched software is not listed.
I had same problem with google store while installing an app into 2
devices with 2 different os versions.
In my example, I knew that dekko exists so it looked like a bug when I
didn't see it in results.
Finally, "it's not a bug, it's a feature" ;-)

A better user feedback would be a nice complement to bug #1378853 :
show results from other arch with info that they can't be installed.
Designers should have an idea how to list them : inside existing results
or beneath them ?

Michel

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