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Bug 313912 - Already installed items should not be shown in other tabs than "Installed"
Summary: Already installed items should not be shown in other tabs than "Installed"
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: MPC
Classification: Technology
Component: wizard (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
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Reported: 2010-05-21 09:46 EDT by Torkild Resheim CLA
Modified: 2010-05-28 11:54 EDT (History)
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Description Torkild Resheim CLA 2010-05-21 09:46:49 EDT 
Having for instance Mylyn showing up in the "Popular" tab when it's already installed is just a waste of space. I think it should be filtered out.
Comment 1 Ian Skerrett CLA 2010-05-26 16:49:47 EDT 
In RC1, solutions that have already been installed will show up in the list but have an 'Uninstall' button.  I personally like this solution, since people might start to ask why something isn't listed, when they already have it installed.

If you agree, please close.
Comment 2 Torkild Resheim CLA 2010-05-27 03:24:17 EDT 
Well I'm a bit unsure. Imagine an installation where all the top 6 solutions are already installed. In this case the "Popular" tab would show only installed items and the tab would not be of much use.
Comment 3 David Green CLA 2010-05-28 11:40:13 EDT 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Well I'm a bit unsure. Imagine an installation where all the top 6 solutions are
> already installed. In this case the "Popular" tab would show only installed
> items and the tab would not be of much use.

This is consistent with how other app stores work (eg: Android Market, iPhone App Store)

In part this is a technical problem: without sending the server the installation profile of the client, it's impossible to filter installed solutions server-side.  Filtering installed solutions client-side is also problematic because you'd end up with searches that complete successfully that display no results.

I suggest that we close this one as won't fix.
Comment 4 Ian Skerrett CLA 2010-05-28 11:54:32 EDT 
The project team has agreed that it is important to keep Installed solutions listed but show then as Installed.