I should have explained what design work is needed. What we need now is
two things.

First, ideas, in the form of wireframe sketches, about how USC should present 
console applications differently from graphical ones. Some points to start off 
with:
* For most people, most of the applications they see in USC will be graphical 
ones. So, using text or any obvious marker to say that they're graphical could 
get annoyingly repetitive.
* In some subsections (for example, "Developer Tools" > "OCaml"), all -- or 
nearly all -- of the items are for use at the console. So any obvious marker 
for those could get annoyingly repetitive within those sections too.
* Maybe there could be a marker just for console applications, not for 
graphical ones.

Second, a more specific plan about how USC should tell the difference
between the types of package in the first place. Could Launchpad set the
flag automatically when building a package, e.g. by examining the
package for executable files vs. .desktop files? Or would the maintainer
need to do it manually? If so, how would they do it?

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  Software center doesn't show whether an app is a CLI or a GUI app

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