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Originally Posted by nMIK-3 View Post
First of all having two different "doors" of software is simple annoying for everyone and confusing to the end/simple user.
First of all, I don't think it is for any user. It's not annoying, and it's not confusing. Quite on the contrary, mixing the two into one would be a source of confusion, as the applications offered have different standards, different licenses etc.

But we're really talking about two things here:

One is Ovi Stor vs. the Maemo Extras repository as distribution channels.

The other is the Application Manager vs. the Ovi Store shortcut as two "doors" to distribution channels on the device.

(Things are even more complicated because the application manager isn't only the "door" to Maemo Extras, but also to official Nokia repositories.)

It might be useful to have an optional (!!) GUI that shows all available sources to the end user, and maybe in a better way than the Application Manager does; including screenshots, descriptions not hidden in the 2nd tab under "details", ratings, # of downloads, comments and so on. IIRC, such an application is being designed for the Extras repo and could be extended to include Ovi Store. (It would still be cool if it would show where the application comes from, then... to avoid confusion.)

What must not happen is one unified "app store"-like distribution channel (like Ovi Store takes over Extras or vice versa). It's good and healthy to have more than one channel. If well managed, there could even be a third one. (I remember a while ago there was the idea to set up a repo that's not financially supported by Nokia, so that it would be able to distribute applications that are not perfectly safe to distribute from a legal POV.)
 

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