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> The Mac App Store I think you're dead wrong on that one. Having a single, official, centralized place where users (and not only some of them, basically all O

by pluies 16y ago

> The Mac App Store I think you're dead wrong on that one. Having a single, official, centralized place where users (and not only some of them, basically all OS X users) can find, rate and buy your product is a blessing for developers, especially smaller shops. I expect we'll see some of the "success stories" that happened on the iP* platform through the AppStore, because it gives considerable exposure to people that would otherwise probably struggle to get it. That part is probably worth the 30% cut — not so much for big brands like Adobe though. If it also provides updates for all software, as the App Store does, it's an awesome feature. I'd say it's basically the equivalent of a Linux repo, with built-in sales. > Launchpad I'm not sure about that one either. We'll see. > Full Screen Apps I'd tend to agree. Most app I would want to run fullscreen already have the possibility to do so (Aperture, web browsers, and that's basically all I can think of right now). > Mission Control Agreed.

fragmede 16y ago
> The Mac App Store You skipped over an important aspect of the current iPhone app store - updates. A unified update experience for 'all' our apps should be a pretty easy sell. (Not that there aren't already frameworks that do this like Google's Update Engine - http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ )
- wmf 16y ago
  Announcing auto-updates only for store apps feels like a poke in the eye when they could have developed (any time in the last decade) an auto-update system for all apps.
  - ptomato 16y ago
    Hey, that's what Sparkle is for.
    - wmf 16y ago
      I like Sparkle, but I see a lot of people who seem happy that it will be replaced with the app store's "better" update process.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  > Not that there aren't already frameworks that do this Like Linux package managers since... ever. On my Ubuntu box I have the official software sources (OS and applications) but also have Skype, VirtualBox and Google repositories registered. It makes the machine self-update soon after an update is published. I really wish Apple integrated that kind of behavior into OSX's core.

by pluies 16y ago

fragmede 16y ago

> The Mac App Store You skipped over an important aspect of the current iPhone app store - updates. A unified update experience for 'all' our apps should be a pretty easy sell. (Not that there aren't already frameworks that do this like Google's Update Engine - http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ http://code.google.com/p/update-engine/ )

wmf 16y ago
Announcing auto-updates only for store apps feels like a poke in the eye when they could have developed (any time in the last decade) an auto-update system for all apps.
- ptomato 16y ago
  Hey, that's what Sparkle is for.
  - wmf 16y ago
    I like Sparkle, but I see a lot of people who seem happy that it will be replaced with the app store's "better" update process.
rbanffy 16y ago
> Not that there aren't already frameworks that do this Like Linux package managers since... ever. On my Ubuntu box I have the official software sources (OS and applications) but also have Skype, VirtualBox and Google repositories registered. It makes the machine self-update soon after an update is published. I really wish Apple integrated that kind of behavior into OSX's core.