** Attachment added: screenshot with the problem highlighted
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/831032/+attachment/3518927/+files/831032-installed.png
** Description changed:
- The Installed navigation bar icon is a monochrome all-in-one computer.
+ In Ubuntu Software Center's navigation bar, the Installed button takes
+ you to a list of all the thins you have installed. The button's icon is
+ a monochrome desktop PC, because it represents the things currently on
+ your computer.
+ https://launchpadlibrarian.net/130626446/831032-installed.png (A)
- Installed items have an emblem on their icon, a white checkmark on a
- green disc.
+ Meanwhile, installed apps and other items have an emblem on their icon,
+ a white checkmark on a green disc. (B)
- There's no relationship between the two, so it's not as easy to
- understand the meaning of the installed emblem as it could be.
+ There's no relationship between the two graphic elements. So it's not as
+ easy to understand the meaning of the installed emblem as it could be.
Perhaps the Installed icon should just be a monochrome version of the
- installed emblem. Or maybe it should still be a computer, but with a
- same-shaped checkmark on the screen of that computer.
+ installed emblem, with no computer shown. (This would work across form
+ factors.) Or maybe it should still be a computer, but with a same-shaped
+ checkmark on the screen of that computer.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Assignee: Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) = Matthieu James (tiheum)
** Description changed:
In Ubuntu Software Center's navigation bar, the Installed button takes
- you to a list of all the thins you have installed. The button's icon is
- a monochrome desktop PC, because it represents the things currently on
+ you to a list of everything you have installed. The button's icon is a
+ monochrome desktop PC, because it represents the things currently on
your computer.
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/130626446/831032-installed.png (A)
Meanwhile, installed apps and other items have an emblem on their icon,
a white checkmark on a green disc. (B)
There's no relationship between the two graphic elements. So it's not as
easy to understand the meaning of the installed emblem as it could be.
Perhaps the Installed icon should just be a monochrome version of the
installed emblem, with no computer shown. (This would work across form
factors.) Or maybe it should still be a computer, but with a same-shaped
checkmark on the screen of that computer.
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