Microsoft Store | MuseScore 2 should be called MuseScore
Reported version
3.0
Type
Functional
Severity
S5 - Suggestion
Status
closed
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
I just found that MuseScore has an app in Microsoft Store. I installed it for a try. It works very well and its version is 3, not 2. It should deserve to be called MuseScore instead of MuseScore 2.
Comments
Or MuseScore 3. Actually I'd like to see both, MuseScore 2 and MuseScore 3 in the Windows store. But if only one version is possible, the number should get dropped indeed
If I'm not mistaken, I had MS2 installed on a Windows machine, and it upgraded to MS3 automatically, to my surprise. I noticed the entry on the store was still labelled 2.
@Jojo-Schmitz
Only one version (the latest) is possible.
@chen lung
What's great with Microsoft Store is that apps will get upgraded automatically. Exactly the same as in Google Play (Store) and Apple Store.
Personally I install Store-enabled app if it exists. Other examples are Inkscape, IrfanView.
In reply to @Jojo-Schmitz Only one… by Horinius
The only downside of automatic updates is getting a version with regressions.
In reply to The only downside of… by chen lung
Yes, this could unfortunately happen. And it happens all the time - in my Android and in my Windows.
The app got renamed to MuseScore 3 some time ago: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/musescore-3/9p0cnr9rwzsx
In reply to The app got renamed to… by dmitrio95
Just checked. Yes, the app name is indeed changed to MuseScore 3.
Still don't understand why the version number is conserved. Isn't it better to get rid of the version number?
If there is only one MuseScore version in the App Store, then indeed the version number doesn't make any sense
Perhaps it is for the sake of parallel installations?
Only that this is no such thing
In reply to If there is only one… by Jojo-Schmitz
There are 3 packages under "MuseScore" label. 2.3.2, 3.0.5 32-bit and 3.0.5 64-bit.
MStore automatically chooses the one which fits the user's machine settings better.
Why don't you like "MuseScore 3" as a full name of the application? "MuseScore" is a brand which might be related to the .com website or mobile apps. "MuseScore 3" is something we use here and there to speak about the editor itself.
If MStore may chose MuseScore 2.3.2, that "MuseScore 3" surely is the wrong label. MuseScore is the edit, 3 is the version. If there is only one there is no need, if there are more than one it is even wrong
Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.