On 6-Jan-2011, at 20:07, Arno Hautala wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 21:43, Jean-Christophe Helary
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Interesting: I have BBedit in my download folder because I wanted to test it 
>> and the App Store tells me it is installed. But, it does not recognize the 
>> TextWrangler copy I have in a different part of the disk...
> 
> I had heard that the App Store would find existing applications as
> installed and you would need to delete them before being able to
> install from the store.

It does seem to, finding apps in ~/Applications and /Applications/Third.

> Stuffit Expander on the other hand, installed to the root of /Applications.

I decided Stuffit Expander was far too expensive.

> One thing it'd be nice to see would be a way for developers to provide
> an upgrade path for users to migrate to the AppStore. I envision the
> user providing a receipt or registration number, and optional upgrade
> fee, to the developer who can then generate promo codes.

I doubt it s the developers holding this back.


-- 
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the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him?


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