Software center doesn't show whether an app is a CLI or a GUI app
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
When considering whether to install an application or not, most users find it quite significant whether the application is CLI based or has a GUI. As it is now, this information can only be had if the textual software description states it explicitly, or if a screenshot is available. In this way, this piece of information cannot easily be read when browsing the Software Center, and theres no guarantee that it is there at all (example given: the 'ftp' package).
Suggested solution:
The problem could be solved by adding a boolean parameter to each package, stating whether it is CLI or not. This information can then be communicated to the user by adding a CLI-icon to all CLI-based packages.
If adding an extra icon to all applications is unacceptable, the following suggestion could offer a partial solution:
Right now the Software Center has one generic icon for all software packages that lacks their own icon. Replacing this icon with two generic icons (one showing a CLI, another showing some fancy desktop-stuff) will help communicate whether the app is CLI-based or not, at least for all the packages that doesn't come with their own icons. This solution doesn't help much for those that does.
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
How do I state that this bug also affects the 100 paper cuts project? The "also affects project" link is useless: it offers me to link this bug to some upstream URL (??) or to the 'softare store project'. Thanks but no thanks.