Thanks for your bugreport. That is a good suggestion, not sure how hard/easy this is to implement though.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- 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/964903 Title: Startup speed: Search field is inaccessible while front page is loading Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The startup speed in Ubuntu Software Center has been greatly improved. It is now usable in 6-7 seconds on my PC. However, the last four seconds is spent waiting for the front page to appear. Very often, I know exactly why I'm opening the software center and I'm going to enter a search phrase. If I was able to do that even while the contents were loaded, then I the real startup time would be more than halfed, which would be very good. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.13.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.32-generic 3.2.12 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Mar 26 02:47:59 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120125) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/964903/+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