Harbour store features

Feature Requests
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The store needs more features like

  • Report app, (Abuse, obsolete, etc).
  • Bug report (email? reports to harbour page?).
  • There are lots of obsolete apps somehow this should be improved removal process. Or removing them from the newer devices?
  • Share link? QR share?
  • Web page for Harbour store where you can view apps and install them to your device.

What else would users want to be added?

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Developers probably would need improvements also, email when app is approved, email about comments, some rough estimation about QA time etc.

Edit. Will probably happen in future when Jolla has more resources to give Harbour some love

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The sad truth is, Jolla Store has had hardly any improvements since its first launch in the J1 days…

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As @CLMA31 said: Improvements for devs are welcome. Reports smells like manegement :man_office_worker:

Here I need a little help: Why should a harbour function remove apps from my device? And what is “obsolete” here?

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I would imagine that obsolete means it doesn’t work anymore properly in newer devices. There seem to be few abandoned apps, so kind of would like to have feature where users could report apps that don’t function properly at some device. Then there could be some automation or at least notification that this app doesn’t fully operate in phone xyz

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Not remove from device but there are multiple apps that don’t even launch or work on the new phone or are obsolete because support ends due to many reasons like open source code network or code becomes closed code blocking access to data.
This makes the app store look bad if the app doesn’t even work or do anything why these apps need to be there?

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Harbour is not Store. At your device you will see only the apps matching the device architecture. Sure you see how it works when you bring your app in harbour. Apps developed for an older or newer architecture will not be shown. And there are many older SFOS device living outside in the wild. So “don’t even launch or work on new phone” forgot all the older working phones.

“obselete because support ends”: I assume you mean the end of support from the developer. But this is not always a problem. On one of my older phones I have the game “Sail Free Cell”. All support ends before Corona. You can’t find it in the Store with your new device. But for me the works fine. And when I make a mistake and delete this app I can reinstall this app from Store. This is great!

I hope you can see what I mean why I need help here for understanding.

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I think it is pretty simple game when talking about 32bit vs 64bit comparison. But if let’s say 10 people report that app won’t work for 5.2 onwards, then that app is obsolete for all Jolla phone users

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