I'm guessing this might be a bit more relevant for the brainstorm process then these brainstorming sessions but this had a lower barrier to entry

One thing for us to think about is what problems have Maemo 4.1 users had when Maemo 5 came out.

Some I can think of include

• Differentiating discussion, announcements, and bugs between platforms.
• Finding what apps are not abandoned (for longer term viability)
• Finding what are the new gems (Telescope, Maemo 5 theme, my applications )
• Finding if the apps I use are available on new/old platforms for both transitioning and judging developer support.

So some things we currently do:

• A download site per OS with links to software for other OS versions
• Top rated and new applications lists
• Break apps up by category

And now my idea. It would be helpful for both discoverability of apps and discerning there relevance if we had a way to compare them. I would suggest at minimum we support statistics that are common to all apps that we can pull automatically plus links to feedback.

Stats I can think of

• Rating / Downloads
• Frequency of Update Metric (for if its still maintained)
• Platforms supported (beyond the "can I run it" seems like it can give a feel for staying power)

If we want to get fancier we could allow people to link common apps and produce side-by-side feature lists.