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Opinions on the flathub metadata guidelines? (docs.flathub.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I do think that as a store it should have some guidelines on quality, but not of the application icon's styling

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Icon design and name guidelines are too strict. Many apps already on the store break them.

E.g. the 20 characters limit is to small for even two long words.
Or not allowing PascalCase, disallows many app names like LibreOffice.

And app icons have to be "In line with contemporary styles", which is currently flat and simple design. Contemporary styles change all the time. If an app wants to look old, why not let them?

https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/appdata-guidelines/quality-guidelines/#app-icon

Someone on the internet with their opinion on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYqYpbMY9vE

Edit: Generally these guidelines are good and will improve the browsing experience on flathub. Hopefully they'll loosen some of those icon and naming restrictions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

https://www.piped.video/watch?v=kYqYpbMY9vE

Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

I'm open-source; check me out at GitHub.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago

quite rare L brodie take there