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	Custodian	2014-01-06 , 05:48
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Originally Posted by ARJWright

Things I Don't Like (As Much)
- seems like I see Harmattan and SailfishOS apps at the same time; if an app doesn't fit my system, why do I see it

Starting from version 0.1.6 warehouse shows apps which have suitable versions for your platform.
Maybe you have been distracted by application icon, but app have both versions uploaded, for example: QuandoParte has .debs and .rpms uploaded.

Originally Posted by ARJWright

- the blue bar at the top of the landing page. I get it, its a placeholder for applications. But the UI-guy in me says "why isn't the title 'OpenRepos[beta]' stated there, with the icon alongside, instead of taking up screen space under that for a banner image? There might be something about the UX docs for Harmattan I miss here, but its just extra space which could have been better used; makes more sense to see blue bar on the other panes

It was added for recognition and remembering the name

Originally Posted by ARJWright

- the last button on the bottom row brings up that [ugly to me] menu with submenu items. Can I make a suggestion: Get rid of "exit," move 'settings" to the top of the Profile pane, stick "check updates" into settings as well as in that Profile pane,

"Exit" was planned, since application should be constantly running
"Check updates" - checks for warehouse updates itself, not applications

Will try my best to optimize that stuff.

Originally Posted by ARJWright

and only show the "Home" button when you've navigated from the initial "applications" panel - when you navigate to page 2 of the navigation panel, should show the back button, not a home button; back goes 1 page, tapping the top menu bar when looking at "applications" takes you back to the homescreen

I dont think I understand this correctly.
You mean 4 initial tab-buttons: last apps, categories, search, profile, and no back button.
When you open second level page(i.e. application from last apps, or category, or tap on search results), back button appers as first button, and current tab-button is removed?

Originally Posted by ARJWright

Things which would be neat
- if one has a profile, can it be managed from Accounts, not just Warehouse?

Yes it can. When account support will be implemented.

Originally Posted by ARJWright

- if someone has subscribed to a repo, and that repo has a support contact, be able to download that repo's contact into into Contacts (bonus points if that contact were connected to whatever social media contacts that developer had, and preferred to use for communication to them)

It is still to be determined, which information is usefull and should be filled within profiles (publisher or user).
Not sure about contact info saving, but social media buttons for getting in touch could be done.

Originally Posted by ARJWright

- different default icons for scripts (which usually have no icon) than for apps (makes some of those categories easier to scan/read

Default icon is provided exactly for that purpose, for packages which does not have own icon, i.e. libs, scripts, etc.
All applications should already have icons, since they have desktop file or any other userfriendly launcher. Uploading icon is up to publisher.
Actually, from my point of view, there is no differency between scripts and apps packages(only .desktop file may be)?
For example Coderus uploaded console-styled icons for his packages without proper icons: espeak axel

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