Affiliate Program: User Experience

Originator:social
Number:rdar://14356154 Date Originated:04-Jul-2013 05:05 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:OS X App Store Product Version:all
Classification:Usability Reproducible:always
 
Summary:
When linking from an email-campaign or from inside our App to the Mac App Store and using the Affiliate Program, Safari opens without need. 


Steps to Reproduce:
* In our Demo of the App (or an email), we link to our affiliate program to generate revenue
http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=aPPKOGNBk1U&subid=&offerid=146261.1&type=10&tmpid=3909&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fen%2Fapp%2Fraskin%2Fid404175816%3Fmt%3D12

* click this link
* safari opens
* mac app store opens (sometimes)


Expected Results:
* A link that uses the Affiliate Program but also links directly into the MAS 
* like macappstore://itunes.apple.com/app/id404175816?mt=12


Actual Results:
* opens default webbrowser

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