App Store quirks / feature requests

Some really annoying things about the App Store that really should have been addressed by now:
1. Why does the App Store close when you install an app? If you want to install more than one app this is really annoying; especially if you have many pages of apps on your phone because you have to scroll to the page that has the app store icon to re-launch it.
2. If you're browsing for an app and find one on page 8 of the search results and install it, the app store closes. When you re-open the app store, it remembers the last app you were on, but when you click the back button it brings you to the very first page of the search results, so in this example, you have to scroll through 8 pages of apps you already looked at to get back to where you were in the list. This should be an elementary fix.
3. The "Purchased" apps page in the App Store has two tabs, "All" and "Not On This iPhone". Well, I know what apps are on my phone, so the "All" tab is kind of pointless. Both lists show all apps that have ever been downloaded, even ones that were deleted 30 seconds after realizing it was a sucky app. Also the "Purchased" title is misleading. Ther should be a tab for apps that I actually paid money for that are not on this iPhone - that would be very helpful - there are the apps people probably care the most about. As it is now you have to filter through MANY apps to find ones that may have been installed on your previous phone that you actually paid for and want to re-install.

Tell Apple.
http://www.apple.com/feedback
Telling fellow iphone users will not help.

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