Clearly differentiate between applications and extensions
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
We currently refer to system-level extensions as “applications”, which creates confusion for end users.
From a developer’s perspective, everything in Nextcloud is technically an app, but this internal terminology should not bleed into the user interface.
Describe the solution you’d like
Introduce a clear conceptual and visual separation in the App Store (and in the Admin settings) between:
- Applications → Actual apps that appear as icons in the app menu (e.g. Files, Talk, Deck, Calendar).
- Extensions → System modules or integrations that extend Nextcloud’s functionality but are not standalone apps (e.g. brute force settings, external storage, theming).
cc @nextcloud/designers
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Research direction
Begin by reviewing the App Store and Admin settings, focusing on where the interface currently calls system-level extensions applications. Done means users can visually and conceptually distinguish standalone applications from extensions in both areas, using the examples listed in the issue as reference.
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Assessment
- Domain
- design, frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100