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Re: Apps available for download suggestions should be kept for searches.

 

On Sat 25 Feb 2012 20:30:24 GMT, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote:
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.
I agree its a challenge. No doubt someone at Canonical is coming up 
with some clever solution to these problems. Using the opt-in approach 
you suggested could be beneficial, as the functionality remains 
available but only if you want it. I would definitely support this idea.
It will be interesting to see what, if anything, is eventually changed.


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