Comment 3 for bug 960430

@mpt,

Thanks for these questions!

Sorry for the delay getting back to you, this bug was filed under a completely different project, I've fixed that now.

The use case is explained here: http://www.wheresitworking.com/2012/02/12/want-me-to-download-your-app-please-do-this/

That is: The user sees an app but isn't currently at the machine that the app wants to be installed on. As ubuntu-webcatalog doesn't provide a way to "queue up installations on this machine" which would be ideal, with this link the user can email a link that can then be opened on the appropriate machine so that the app can be installed there by just clicking on the "Install" button.

The link in USC goes to apt.ubuntu.com, which will bring up the page in the desktop client. The current link is pretty much the same thing, but it'll bring the app up in the web directory. I agree a link to apt.u.c is probably better (as you'll need to bring up USC to install the app anyway), although you'll still need to pass through a web browser.

Yes, "copy =" is an encoding thing, same as "oneiric/t=" and all the "=3D"

Yep, sending the user to click on the link would be better if that's an option. Maybe "Follow the following link to return..."? Is it safe to assume that the link will always be clickable in whatever $DEITY-forsaken mua the user has?

Re: anthropomorphizing the directory, heh, would "Regards, the Ubuntu Apps Directory Team" sound better? :)