Thanks for the report.
USC used to pre-select the first search result, but this was changed
because it was against the spec (bug 524289).
The reason I had specified no rows should be selected by default is that
I thought selecting the first row would distract people into choosing it
when it wasn't actually the row they wanted.
We have now done two sets of user testing covering Ubuntu Software
Center, and no-one that I've seen in the videos has been confused by
none of the items being selected by default. We will do more testing
this week, and I will ask specifically for a task that should result in
a search, so that we get a bigger sample. In the meantime, though, I'd
rather not change this based on one self-report.
A reasonable objection would be that pre-selecting would still save a
click, and I don't know whether pre-selecting actually is confusing. If
someone could make a PPA in which the only change is that USC pre-
selects the first search result, we could run a user test of that too.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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After performing a search, highlight the first result
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