{"id":23750,"date":"2018-12-23T16:21:25","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T21:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=23750"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:04:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:04:43","slug":"the-mac-app-store-safari-extensions-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/23\/the-mac-app-store-safari-extensions-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mac App Store Safari Extensions Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

By widening the window, we go from seeing 12 apps to seeing 3½ apps. How is that possible? How is that good design?<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

Notice also that on Mojave, no ratings are shown with the apps, unlike in the High Sierra App Store. On Mojave, 5-star apps look the same as 1-star or 0-star apps in the list. This erases useful information for the customer and makes the vertical position in the list even more important.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

In the Mac App Store, all of this developer’s apps have low ratings or no ratings, some of them “recently reset”, which suggests previously low ratings deleted. The customer reviews are also terrible. A lot of “does not work” and “crashes on launch”. You have to wonder how all these apps got through App Store Review, how the huge volume of apps from a single developer was not a red flag, and how Apple saw fit to prominently feature two of the apps in the Safari Extensions list. None of this reflects well on Apple’s curation of the App Store.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Previously: Is There Hope for the Mac App Store?<\/a>, Stop The Madness<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Update (2018-12-23): Alex Popescu<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Safari extensions part of the ecosystem is very broken. Not allowing a growing community of extensions is in my opinion hurting Safari usage numbers. I have Chrome on my machines because of its extensions. I would not touch it if I’d have those in Safari.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Tanner Bennett<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Extensions in Safari are so restricted that things like 1Password can’t even function as seamlessly as they do in other browsers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update (2018-12-27): Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Anyway, if you try to find every Safari Extension in the App Store, you’ll have a very difficult time. As far as I can work out, it’s completely impossible. If you search for “Safari extensions”, you’ll get a list of results that is completely different from the ones in the collection above. Just two extensions from the list of ten above are returned in the entirety of the store’s search results. Eight of them just don’t show up anywhere.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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