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So discovery is hampered, more focus on the screenshot and title is limited to 7 characters. Sounds like Apple want users to find fewer, but higher quality apps

So discovery is hampered, more focus on the screenshot and title is limited to 7 characters. Sounds like Apple want users to find fewer, but higher quality apps: - browsing fewer apps, with users looking closer at each of them; - screenshot of the app, you buy the app, not the icon and title; - shorter title, less stuffed with keywords [good apps often have short names: Skype, Spotify, Instagram, Twitter]. I think this is a good thing, the app store has been too much about churning out low-quality apps.

alanctgardner2 14y ago
> good apps often have short names: Skype, Spotify, Instagram, Twitter I think you mean 'well-recognized brands have short names'. If you're trying to discover a new Twitter client, it might help for them to have their name, and 'Twitter', in the title. The goal with search isn't to deliver the user to exactly the app they already know they want, but to display apps they might want. Discovery is really hard given one screenshot and 7 characters.