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** Description changed: Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04 The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive. + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png To see this problem, go to <http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/snorms> for example. There are always at least five elements in this area: a. Icon for the application/package. b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer. c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer. d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and the date it was installed. e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on the situation. Occasionally there are additional elements: f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, "This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected." g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no idea whether or how much you paid for it. So, what are the problems? 1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored backgrounds. This is ugly. We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then the text would no longer line up with the package description below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding padding to the package description as well, but then the overall description area would be further away from the edges of the window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. 2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well together. 3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price -- and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results (where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at the right end), but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right. These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic designer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026090 Title: Top of software item screen is unattractive Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04 The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive. https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png To see this problem, go to <http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/snorms> for example. There are always at least five elements in this area: a. Icon for the application/package. b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer. c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer. d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and the date it was installed. e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on the situation. Occasionally there are additional elements: f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, "This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected." g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no idea whether or how much you paid for it. So, what are the problems? 1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored backgrounds. This is ugly. We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then the text would no longer line up with the package description below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding padding to the package description as well, but then the overall description area would be further away from the edges of the window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. 2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well together. 3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price -- and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results (where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at the right end), but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right. These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic designer. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1026090/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
