inconsistant names use

[Sebastien Bacher]

Binary package hint: unity-place-applications

Using the current maverick version gedit is listed as "Text Editor" is the most used list but as "gedit" in the "installed" one

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

I've tracked this down to software-center not using the GenericName from the .desktop file as application name in it's index, but just uses the Name entry.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Use of Name in USC rather than GenericName is deliberate, so that (for example) we don't offer a bunch of different applications apparently all called "Text Editor". <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#software-title>

Why is Unity using a different method of determining the name of something in the most-used list vs. the installed list?

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

The Most Used and Installed groups come from Zeitgeist and S-C respectively. Until very recently I saved a good deal of IO not looking up the .desktop files for stuff where I could get the info I needed straight from S-Cs index.

However that changed (with the introduction of a cache for the parsed .desktop files) and we are now consistent between Most Used and Installed. The Available group still uses Name, which I guess is the right choice as you highlight.

It means that we have a bit of a broken UX when installing an app from the Available group though. I click Available -> gEdit and install it via S-C, after that GEdit shows up under Installed as "Text Editor"... There is no easy fix as far as I can see though... Perhaps with the highlighting of new apps as you requested it's helped out a bit.