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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hi folks

Unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the UDS session on UI enhancements
<https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-software-center-ui>,
because I was pulled into a boring but important meeting about
indicators at the last minute.

I really like most of the ideas listed there, and I'll work to
incorporate them into the spec in the next couple of weeks. There are
only a couple that I don't understand.

One of them is "Display the package name more prominently in the details
view". I've just watched the video
<http://blip.tv/ubuntu-developers/ubuntu-uds-o-budapest-enhancements-to-the-software-center-ui-and-experience-5249699>
to hear the rationale for this.

I heard one example given to justify this, Sound Juicer. If you search
for "sound juicer" in USC, it comes up as "Audio CD Extractor", and that
was cited as confusing.

As Kiwinote suggested at the time, this is a bug in the application. The
application interface and associated Web sites refer to it as "Sound
Juicer", so the .desktop file should too. I've now reported this.
<http://launchpad.net/bugs/796646>

So, I don't think we should make the package name more prominent based
on that example. In comparison, Apple's various App Stores, the Android
Market, and the Blackberry App World don't show any equivalent to
package names *at all*.

What perhaps we could do is change the current presentation of the
package name from, for example, "18.1.1-0ubuntu1 (deja-dup)" to
"deja-dup 18.1.1-0ubuntu1". That would at least be more convenient for
copying and pasting (e.g. when reporting bugs or answering tech support
questions).

Other than that, I propose that we remove this work item. Yay? Nay?

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mpt
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