Comment 20 for bug 733669
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| Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote Re: [Bug 733669] Re: Dash: installed/not installed packages are conflated under "Applications": incredibly confusing | #20 |
On 17/03/11 10:42, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> Not sure exactly how to solve this. A few suggestions for debate:
>
> 1) Simply don't show uninstalled apps in the Dash homescreen. Only in the apps place (super easy fix)
This is sufficient to close the bug for Natty.
> 2) Add some "web" emblem to the uninstalled app icons (easy in unity-place-
> 3) Prefix name labels with "Download: " or something. This will probably result in an ellipsis nightmare, but is trivial to implement
If we're to do either of these, we need to evaluate it's value as a
general system. In other words, evaluate whether there is sufficient
benefit in having the lens/place provide the home screen with
emblems/tags for the results. John Lea is looking at Dash 3.0 right now
for Oneiric, cc'd.
> 4) Split out in a different section in the Dash (requires some work in both the place daemon and in the Unity shell)
I have a feeling this is the right end-game anyhow in this case.
Apps-for-install is really great to see on the home screen, but they
really are a completely different class of thing than apps installed.
For example, I would like to see:
- matching apps installed
- matching local / cloud files
- available apps
In that order... which suggests they need to be a different section, and
that's out of scope for Natty.
Mark