You may have noticed some changes to the filters and sort options in the left sidebar of the search results page.

You can now mix and match filters and sort options. Now you can find Paid Streaming Radio apps sorted by Popularity and other such combinations.

Also new is the “Quality Filter”. Basically, a “Quality” app in this filter is defined as any app that has a rating equal to or better than 3.5 Stars, and has been rated by 100 or more users, and has been downloaded by at least 500 people. An App passes the Quality Filter only if it satisfies all three conditions above.

The Quality Filter basically removes the crud and almost guarantees that you will not be disappointed by an app that passes the filter. Sure, it may not suit your tastes, but a “Quality” app won’t have something fundamentally wrong with it.

It won’t be surprising if most users start defaulting to enabling the Quality Filter in most of their searches.