AppDB Rating Definitions: Difference between revisions

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The Application Database features a maintainer rating system that allows you to see which applications work best in Wine. This rating system is designed to assist users by giving a rating based on an ‘expert's’ experience.

Platinum

   An application can be rated as Platinum if it works as well as (or better than) on Windows ‘out of the box’. No workarounds are required.

Gold

   Application works as well as (or better than) on Windows with workarounds.

Silver

   Application works excellently for ‘normal’ use, but has some problems for which there are no workarounds.

Bronze

   Application works, but it has some problems for normal use.

Garbage

   An application gets this rating if the problems are severe enough that it cannot be used for the purpose it was designed for. There should be at least one bug report in Bugzilla if it gets this rating.

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 '''Platinum'''<br />
-     An application can be rated as Platinum if it installs and runs flawlessly ‘out of the box’. No changes required in winecfg.
+     An application can be rated as Platinum if it works as well as (or better than) on Windows ‘out of the box’. No workarounds are required.
 '''Gold'''<br />
-     Application works flawlessly with some DLL overrides, other settings or third party software.
+     Application works as well as (or better than) on Windows with workarounds.
 '''Silver'''<br />
-     Application works excellently for ‘normal’ use; a game works fine in single-player but not in multi-player, Windows Media Player works fine as a plug-in and stand-alone player, but cannot handle DRM etc.
+     Application works excellently for ‘normal’ use, but has some problems for which there are no workarounds.
 '''Bronze'''<br />
-     Application works, but it has some issues, even for normal use; a game may not redraw properly or display fonts in wrong colours, be much slower than it should etc.
+     Application works, but it has some problems for normal use.
 '''Garbage'''<br />
-     An application gets this rating if it cannot be used for the purpose it was designed for. There should be at least one bug report in Bugzilla if it gets this rating. Application cannot be installed, does not start, or starts but has so many errors that it is nearly impossible to use it.
+     An application gets this rating if the problems are severe enough that it cannot be used for the purpose it was designed for. There should be at least one bug report in Bugzilla if it gets this rating.
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