"All Software" dropdown menu is confusing

Bug #1020521 reported by Matthew Paul Thomas
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
software-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

In usability testing of Ubuntu 12.04 beta, participants looking for installed software sometimes opened the menu next to "All Software". This revealed items for "Provided by Ubuntu", "Canonical Partners", "For Purchase", etc, which they found meaningless.

Subdividing software by channel is an uncommon task, so it should be relegated to the "Go" menu. <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#go-menu> Once this menu is implemented, the "All Software" and "Installed" dropdown menus should be removed, leaving only the buttons behind.

Robert Roth (evfool)
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Confirmed → Triaged
description: updated
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