at present complete applications are listed under miscellaneous.
It would give more credit to complete applications to have a top level category called vertical markets and underneath divide the markets by business sectors :
- car dealers
real estate
classifieds ads
yardsale
roommates
modeling
dating
......
for example a Classified ad application includes the classified ad part + a shopping cart to pay for the ad + an image gallery to show the item.
Thus ideally, you would need to list it under 3 categories in the joomla extension site. it does not really makes sense.
The complete application answers a need in a specific market by providing a customised solution for this vertical market.
Mixing a plugin or module with a complete application composed of components, plugins and modules does not really help the search and identify solutions.
More and more , joomla users will want to find and identify an answer to their particular business model. Thus being able to know immediately if there is a full fledged application answering a specific need would help the search.
Clearly identifying complete applications by having a distinct category would bring clarity to the solution proposed.

