Viewing options in Application Library

I'm sorry if this is nothing new, but I didn't find anything good on it. Probably because there are so much threads here and the search doesn't help that much..
Anyway, I'm a little annoyed by the limited viewing option in the application library. You can only view the app symbols and the name, there is no other way to show them. What about a detailed list? A simple list with the symbol, the app name, developer, genre and a rating function - just like with the music.
I hope something like that is in the making, otherwise this is gonna get really confusing. Does anyone have any information on that?
Thanks in advance,
Mischa

At the moment, that's all there is. You can select your Applications Library and use the iTunes File Menu -> Print command (select song list and custom) to get a printed list of apps.
Tell Apple what you really want here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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