Public bug reported:
Ubuntu Software Centre 3.1.24.3, Ubuntu Natty 20110327
Example A:
1. Log in to a new user account for the first time.
2. Open and close Ubuntu Software Center.
3. Take and save a screenshot.
4. Open Ubuntu Software Center again, and click the "recommendations" link.
What happens: Gwenview, gThumb, and Gimp appear as recommendations.
Example B:
1. Log in to a new user account for the first time.
2. Open and close Ubuntu Software Center.
3. download an MP3.
4. Open Ubuntu Software Center again, and click the "recommendations" link.
What happens: Audacity, Rhythmbox, and VLC appear as recommendations.
Unfortunately, these recommendations are not at all useful. I already
have an image viewer installed for viewing the screenshot, and I have
not done anything to suggest that I want two others, nor that I want a
professional image editor. Similarly, Banshee and Totem are already
installed, so suggesting Rhythmbox and VLC to me is unhelpful,
especially when I haven't even run Banshee or Totem yet, and I haven't
expressed any interest in multi-track editing at all.
I suggest that the recommendation link, and surrounding text, be hidden
until we find a way to make the recommendations useful. This will likely
involve opt-in recording of what people install, and then making
recommendations of the form "People who installed X and Y also installed
Z".
** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
- Binary package hint: software-center
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Ubuntu Software Centre 3.1.24.3, Ubuntu Natty 20110327
Example A:
1. Log in to a new user account for the first time.
2. Open and close Ubuntu Software Center.
- 3. Take a screenshot.
+ 3. Take and save a screenshot.
4. Open Ubuntu Software Center again, and click the "recommendations" link.
What happens: Gwenview, gThumb, and Gimp appear as recommendations.
Example B:
1. Log in to a new user account for the first time.
2. Open and close Ubuntu Software Center.
3. download an MP3.
4. Open Ubuntu Software Center again, and click the "recommendations" link.
What happens: Audacity, Rhythmbox, and VLC appear as recommendations.
Unfortunately, these recommendations are not at all useful. I already
have an image viewer installed for viewing the screenshot, and I have
not done anything to suggest that I want two others, nor that I want a
professional image editor. Similarly, Banshee and Totem are already
installed, so suggesting Rhythmbox and VLC to me is unhelpful,
especially when I haven't even run Banshee or Totem yet, and I haven't
expressed any interest in multi-track editing at all.
I suggest that the recommendation link, and surrounding text, be hidden
until we find a way to make the recommendations useful. This will likely
involve opt-in recording of what people install, and then making
recommendations of the form "People who installed X and Y also installed
Z".
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Title:
Recommendations don't seem useful in their current form
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