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[Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 25. feb. 2012 20:54, Carl Ansell wrote:
> How about just exact matches then? It needs to be clear to the user 
> that the software centre is the place to search for applications. But 
> then, if I search the dash for something I believe I have installed, 
> but it turns out I haven't, then it is useful for the dash to return a 
> link to available software so it can be installed. I do this often, 
> because I have different applications installed on different PCs and 
> end up forgetting what is installed on each PC.
I very much agree with this for usability reasons. The only problem I 
see with this, is if the search is sent to an external service, but I 
don't think that's the case with the available-apps scope. I have 
personally disabled the available-apps scope entirely and I think it 
would be better as an opt-in instead of opt-out.

> To prevent the pornview scenario happening, we definitely need 
> something. I believe in the other discussion, it was suggested that 
> filters are added to the privacy controls to turn off certain content. 
> If this is introduced effectively, then the scenario above could 
> become a non-issue.

First of all, are you talking about names or content now? Because as I 
said before, the PornView application has absolutely nothing to do with 
pornography at all. It's a humorous name. Nothing more. And you don't 
have to agree with the humor, but to sensor it would be outrageous, in 
my opinion. For instance, Tim Cook could perfectly well be the stage 
name of a Norwegian porn-star. ("kukk" in Norwegian is slang for penis, 
and pronounced just the same). When Norwegian children starts to learn 
English, they have plenty of fun with similarly sounding words – because 
there's a whole lot of them. What about Chinese words?

Content is something else, though I'd be careful about messing too much 
with that as well. But things like the Adult Lens, which actively 
provides pornographic content, is probably something we can agree should 
be in a different class. A lot of people find games of cards and dice to 
be deeply offensive, since it creates the possibility of gambling, which 
is the devils work... So, should Yatzee be placed in the Adult category 
as well, just to be on the safe side?

It would be a fairly thin catalog if it should only display things that 
no-one in the entire world could ever find objectionable. I'm not saying 
it isn't possible to find solutions to these issues, but I think it's an 
extreme challenge.

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Jo-Erlend Schinstad