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[Phil <madhemail-launchpad@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'd definitely second that suggestion - I'm curently (when I manage to make the time) going to write a scope that will launch into a wrapped web app, and the scope is definitely the primary part of the pair.
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On Fri, 13/3/15, Thomas Strehl <thomas.strehl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Scopes default store behaviour
 To: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 Date: Friday, 13 March, 2015, 8:18
 
 
 
 On 03/12/2015 11:52 PM, Mitchell Reese
 wrote:
 > Hi folks, have just published a
 scope and associated webapp for OMG
 >
 Ubuntu, and found a less-than-optimal experience. A scope
 and bundled
 > webapp is not 'scope
 centric' in the store. Basically, when installing a
 > scope with an app as 1 click package, it
 defaults to being listed as an
 > app in
 the store. This is problematic for a gui that's scope
 centric.
 > What this means is:
 > 
 > 1. When someone
 opens the scope after installing it, the webapp is
 >    opened instead.
 
 The way we handle scopes in this respect but
 also the prominence in the
 shell is
 something we're currently re-evaluating so your feedback
 is
 very helpful. However, for time being,
 everything in you see in launcher
 or in app
 scope is really just apps. The equivalent for scopes is
 "Manage" dash view that you get by
 bottom up swipe in dash.
 
 
 Thomas
 
 
 > 2. Searching the store
 lets me find the scope under the app section,
 >    not under the scopes.
 > 
 > This would be fine
 if the app was the main part of the user story, but
 > it's not. I've specifically
 disabled all navigation bars in the webapp
 > for a full-screen experience, and I expect
 people will use the scope to
 > navigate
 between articles. Using url-dispatcher, any article
 that's
 > opened up in the scope
 defaults to the webapp.
 > 
 > I think this needs a rethink. For my
 usage, having it listed under a
 > scope
 makes much more sense. Perhaps for other use cases this
 is
 > reversed. If possible, people should
 be able to choose where their app
 > is
 listed, if it has the potential for both. Otherwise, if
 scopes are
 > what Ubuntu is offering to
 set this OS apart from the other phones on
 > the market, then scopes should be upfront
 and centre, and take
 > precedence over
 apps.
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > 
 > Mitchell
 > 
 > 
 
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