This idea got a positive reception in the discover-design Telegram room, so I thought I'd promote it to a feature request.

When browsing and searching, KDE discover should have additional sort options designed to delight different types of people:

1. Recommended (for people who trust experts)
2. Most popular (current default; for people who believe in the wisdom of crowds)
3. Overlooked gems (high rated but infrequently downloaded; for people who like to discover hidden value)
4. Controversial (ratings are all over the map; for people who like to argue)
5. Alphabetical (for people who want "Just The Facts Ma'am" without any filtering of the data)

The last-used view should be remembered across app launches.


Discover's Current UX implements rough versions of #1 (on the home screen, in a limited form) and #2 (the browse lists, though the order isn't made clear). With this, we could actually get rid of the Home screen entirely and have Discover open to an app list with a sort order determined by a visible UI control like a dropdown menu or something.