[ghshephard]

I've purchased about $1000 worth of applications on the iPhone/iPad in the last 4+ years, about 350 or so in total. 95%+ of the time I chose the very first app in the list. I don't recall the last time I was looking for an App that I didn't know the name of - but perhaps others use the App store differently.

Of course, this is negative for publishers who are trying to leverage the search field with "like names" and, for those publishers who get business from people searching for random apps in a particular category.

But, in general, this is good for people like me - who heard about a great new app by name on a podcast, and just want to try it out - having the extra data around the screenshot is useful.