Comment 0 for bug 1090836

The newly proposed icon for the 'Ubuntu Software Center' is an 'A' with the horizontal part being depicted as a partially completed progress bar. Keeping the title 'Ubuntu Software Center' doesn't connect the 'A' icon to the application or its functionality. Unnecessary branding also gets in the way of communicating the idea of a software finder/installer.

Solution:

Change 'Ubuntu Software Center' to 'App Center' - change progress bars/animation

The proposed icon will make sense only if the 'Ubuntu Software Center' becomes just the 'App Center' (no need for branding to get in the way of communicating the idea of a software finder/installer.)

The launcher panel progress bars which (in 12.10) appear overlaid on icons of apps undergoing current installation are removed and a 'global progress bar' is overlaid onto the 'App Center' icon indicating overall progress. e.g. When installing multiple apps it indicates combined installation progress.

During installation of apps the horizontal (static) 'progress bar' of the 'A' in the mockup icon will appear to be animated with the overlaid 'global progress bar'.

An animation indicates completion of installation - the new app icon coming out from the right-hand side of the 'App Center' icon. It appears to squeeze out of the progress bar and then slides down to its new place on the launcher panel.

Our new icon now galvanizes the idea of what the 'Ubuntu Software Center' - the 'App Center' - does. It installs apps.