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Software center UI is missing some important visual hints

Asked by Michele Kipiel

I noticed that there are very little visual hints in the USC design:
- no "hover" status on nearly all elements
- no "onclick" effect on the elements listed in the New and Most voted sections
- no "onclick" effect on the little arrows next to the top three buttons (namely: all software, installed)
- no "hover" status for all elements listed in a software category

I would like to focus on the potential that the hover status holds in the application list screen (eg. the screen you get after a search action).
As of now, he user is left to stare at a plain list, with nothing to do and no visual hints. It would be interesting to have a hover event on each line which not only shades the focused line, but also reveals the "install" and "more info" buttons as well.

i belive this change could help users perform both install and uninstall actions in less time and give the USC a more polished and responsive look&feel.

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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) said : 		#1

Hi Michelle, and thank you for your suggestions. Since this actually isn't a question, it would be very helpful for us if you would open small, targeted bug reports with each of your suggestions. This will help us to evaluate and prioritize them when we are planning UI enhancements.

For your info, the Ubuntu Software Center UI design specification is located here:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter

Many thanks for your help!

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Michele Kipiel (michele-kipiel) said : 		#2

HI Gary, it looks like i can't submit bug reports (i get this message when i click the bugs button: "Ubuntu Software Center must be configured in order for Launchpad to forward bugs to the project's developers. "), so i guess my best option is to create a single bug report from the whole message i posted above.

I am creating a quick mock-up of the hover behaviour, i will attach it to the bug report as soon as it's ready.