Any operating system worth its salt, whether for mobile devices or desktops, needs its own powerful application store. This in the case of systems such as Android , iOS, Linux or Windows 10.
In these lines we are going to focus on the official store of the Redmond system, which is the most used in desktop PCs . Specifically we refer to the Microsoft Store, an application store in which Microsoft has put a lot of effort to succeed. However, for many users it is more of a nuisance than a point in favor of the operating system. Therefore these dispense completely, or almost, of it.
All this despite the efforts of the software giant and its collaborators to make this Windows component grow and gain followers. It, as expected, is natively integrated into the system so that we can use it from the first moment. This can be very useful when starting to download and install apps on a clean installation of Windows. But many of the users prefer to use the common Win32 found on the Internet.
Therefore, we could say that Microsoft still has to improve the Store greatly over the next few years. All this in order to call a greater number of users who choose to use it in a more common way. Thus, these are some of the things that the firm should take into account to achieve its goal with the Windows 10 Store.
Greater application availability
Although this is something that is not the direct responsibility of Microsoft, surely if it could convince more developers to create UWP products, things would improve. As availability grew, that would draw more attention from visitors to the Store itself. What’s more, this is something that should be extended to large firms and the most popular Win32 ones .
More free programs
Also, most of the users these days are looking for free or open source solutions on the web. They are not willing to pay for programs that often do not even deserve it. Thus, the availability of this type of program in the Microsoft Store should be much more widespread than it is at the moment.
A clearer arrangement of categories
Many users complain, once they have accessed the store as such, that it is difficult to navigate through it, or at least it is not as comfortable as they would like. That is why perhaps those of Redmond should rethink the Store interface a bit to make it more comfortable and affordable for most.
An integrated review system
It would also be very appreciated if the users who download and install UWP applications from here, could give their opinion on them. In addition, it would be appropriate for them to be published and accessible to the rest, since this is a great indication of the quality of the programs that we are ready to test.