Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-23 Thread Dirk Stoop
I just wrote something about our plans for the Mac App Store here: http://www.madebysofa.com/blog/mac-app-store/ And this is what I think Apple should do about the "Installed" bug: http://openradar.appspot.com/8833135 Cheers, - Dirk On Jan 20, 1:19 am, Quinn Taylor wrote: > On Jan 19, 2011, at

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-20 Thread Antony
You will not have to buy it again, but you will not be able to use the software update mechanism within the mac app store. This is such a huge burning issue, that it is something Apple is likely to deal with soon – perhaps by offering software houses the ability to generate codes that are good for

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-19 Thread Quinn Taylor
On Jan 19, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Jorde Vorstenbosch wrote: > As much of an annoyance as that might be I highly doubt it will be > perennial. Even Apple doesn't take that long.. By "perennial" I meant every time an app's version gets bumped. I'm hopeful that in the future, the Mac App Store will be

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-19 Thread Jorde Vorstenbosch
As much of an annoyance as that might be I highly doubt it will be perennial. Even Apple doesn't take that long.. Regardless they might not even have plans for releasing versions in the mac app store. Nothing to fret about at this point. Have you been using the mac app store btw? I wasn't able to

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-19 Thread Quinn Taylor
It only doesn't allow you to buy again if the version of the app NOT from the store exactly matches the version of the app in the store. That is to say, anytime the versions get out of sync, it won't show as installed. It's a perennial annoyance. - Quinn On Jan 19, 2011, at 1:47 PM, Jorde Vor

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-19 Thread Jorde Vorstenbosch
Hey Joe, Well i don't think that's much of a problem. You can still get it through the original channel. Hardly see an issue there as it at least keeps you from buying twice. Jorde On 19 jan. 2011, at 21:56, Joe Wicentowski wrote: > Jorde, > >> It doesn't ask you to buy it again, it says it

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-19 Thread Joe Wicentowski
Jorde, > It doesn't ask you to buy it again, it says it's installed if that's the > case. I see the apps I already have as such event though I got them before > the mac store was introduced. True, but there's a problem: http://www.tuaw.com/2011/01/07/third-party-apps-not-purchased-via-mac-a

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-19 Thread Jorde Vorstenbosch
It doesn't ask you to buy it again, it says it's installed if that's the case. I see the apps I already have as such event though I got them before the mac store was introduced. Jorde On 19 jan. 2011, at 03:32, Lorin Rivers wrote: > Hey it can ask all it wants, but until you purchase a second

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-18 Thread Lorin Rivers
Hey it can ask all it wants, but until you purchase a second copy, that's all that's going to happen. On Jan 11, 2011, at 11:54 , Geoffrey Simms wrote: > I'd like to buy Versions ASAP, but I know that if I buy it outside the > Mac App Store, I'll be asked to buy it again if it shows up there > e

Re: Any plans for Mac App Store?

2011-01-18 Thread David Dunham
> I'd like to buy Versions ASAP, but I know that if I buy it outside the > Mac App Store, I'll be asked to buy it again if it shows up there > eventually. Do you have plans to sell Versions through the App Store? How do you know this? This is exactly opposite of what everyone else is reporting.