Apple recently pulled the "Show All New Applications" menu item from the iTunes based version of the App Store, apparently deciding that the "New" applications block at the top of the page served the same purpose.
It doesn't. Especially when the "New" applications are cherry-picked from all of the new submissions and--worse--the entire list is only updated once a week. If that.
As the above screenshot shows, as of today, October 6th, the most recent "New" application listed is from September 26th. Ten days ago. And this despite the fact you can dive into practically any category and see more recent applications. Some released as recently as October 5th. Yesterday.
Apple needs to return the "Show All New Applications" list, or add a "Just Added" block that automatically shows ALL of the new submissions during the last week, or get their store editors off their sorry rear ends and actually update the store listings.
New indeed.
Yeah, that sucks. I was using the "Show New Applications" option daily to keep track of additions to the store, and then POOF. All gone.
You'd think Apple wasn't interested in actually selling applications.
Posted by: James R. Taylor | October 06, 2008 at 04:21 PM