Software Center UI Enhancements
UI enhancements planned for Software Center version 3.0.
- Single-pane department screen.
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- Hide non-application packages by default.
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- History section.
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- "Where is it" feature to reveal the location of newly installed apps.
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- Dragging installed applications from Ubuntu Software Center to a launcher.
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- Add-on packages.
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- Add-on media.
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- Improved license info.
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- Custom package lists.
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- Assimilation of apturl.
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- Back and Forward menu items and keyboard equivalents
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- Add PPA/channel support to the installed items view.
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- Navigating to item via search doesn't show its department/
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Planned for Software Center 3.0 but covered (and work items tracked) in separate blueprints:
- Selling software.
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- Discovery of new apps released using the upcoming mechanism for delivering apps post-release.
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- Copying installations across computers.
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Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Sebastien Bacher
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- Gary Lasker
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Gary Lasker
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for maverick
- Implementation:
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Implemented
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Gary Lasker
- Completed by
- Gary Lasker
Whiteboard
Works items:
implement a drag object to represent an app: POSTPONED
write drag code: POSTPONED
[DX team] implement drop handler in Unity launcher: POSTPONED
[mpt] design interaction for add-on media: POSTPONED
[mvo] detection needs to be added to update-notifier: POSTPONED
[mvo] add-on media, related work lp:~mvo/+junk/apt_download_bundle: POSTPONED
define metadata for license information (and think about i18n): POSTPONED
add support to display basic licensing info for Partners repository ("Open Source" / "Proprietary"): POSTPONED
add button to display the whole lawyery info: POSTPONED
Work items for maverick-alpha-2:
remove code that implements current two-pane subcategories view: DONE
refactor UI code for single-pane subcategories view: DONE
implement new single-pane subcategories view with "All nnn" link (per spec): DONE
display list view for the corresponding subcategory: DONE
review and consider for merging lp:~j-johan-edwards/software-center/hide_nonapp_pkgs and mvo's Xapian-based counterproposal prototype at lp:~mvo/software-center/hide_nonapps_pkgs_xapian: DONE
[j-johan-edwards] create status bar widget that generates callback on a text click: DONE
merge branch, finish integrating hide non-apps feature: DONE
[osomon] implement history section: DONE
[mpt] spec UI for announcing newly-installed applications: DONE
[j-johan-edwards] implement custom package lists: DONE
make back/forward actions: DONE
wire back/forward actions into menu items: DONE
integrate back/forward actions to custom nav buttons: DONE
implement channel support for installed packages: DONE
write code to populate subnodes of "Installed Items" view: DONE
switch to large icons view for single-pane department screen: DONE
[mvo] implement an "All" navigation button when viewing the full category list, e.g., Get Software -> Games -> All: DONE
Work items for maverick-alpha-3:
[mmcg069] create new gtk-based application details view: DONE
[mmcg069] fix case where the application install button is not disabled when switching from list to details view during an install: DONE
implement needed changes to navigation history code so it works correctly with new category and single-pane dept views: DONE
update application reselect code in list views for new design: DONE
add code to detect packages that do not have an associated repository: DONE
implement "Other" item in the left navigation panel for display of packages that don't have an associated repository: DONE
Work items for ubuntu-10.10-beta:
[kiwinote] implement apt-url features: DONE
[kiwinote] integrate gdebi features to support installation of a .deb file by USC: DONE
[mvo] implement "Where is it" feature to display the location of a given app in the menus: DONE
[ilidrissi.amine] investigate best way to detect a useful list of add-on packages: DONE
[ilidrissi.amine] write code to detect add-ons: DONE
[ilidrissi.amine] create UI for displaying add-ons with checkboxes: DONE
[ilidrissi.amine] implement install of list of add-on packages: DONE
