have to hurry to click "add to launcher"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Gary Lasker |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: software-center
steps to reproduce:
* navigate to a not-yet-installed application in the software centre (i used radio-tray)
* click install
* modal dialog appears asking me to enter my password to authenticate; in the background a ribbon appears at the bottom of the window asking if i want to add the application to the launcher or not
* enter password and press enter
* application installs (in this case quite quickly)
What happens then:
* the "do you want to add it to the launcher" ribbon disappears
What should happen:
* It should persist until I leave this page (at least)
The problem is that there is potentially only a very short window (1-2 seconds in this case) between approving installation and the ribbon disappearing.
Kind of related to bug 670403.
Related branches
- Michael Vogt: Pending requested
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Diff: 178 lines (+72/-38)2 files modifieddebian/changelog (+9/-0)
softwarecenter/view/softwarepane.py (+63/-38)
I have experienced the same with a fast installing app and agree that it can probably escape you too quickly. It's also a valid point that you wouldn't necessarily want to add the app to your launcher immediately upon installing it, and may do so later after you try it out. This does seem to invalidate the current functionality in many use-cases.
It appears the other bug # 670403 has a few trains of thought on how to implement. installed/ upgraded via USC it would seem that USC's role is over - I'm leaning towards this actually being something that should be achievable via Unity directly as it seems like quite a significant usability issue if we were to force users to open up USC just to add a new icon to their launcher. It would be a matter of convenience for a user to be able to achieve this in a central place in USC but I think this should be secondary option only.
I believe we should keep the current implementation for convenience (i.e. when you're installing an app that you know you want to add to the launcher) but also add another place in USC where you can choose which installed apps to add to the launcher, at any later time.
However, I believe this begs the question of whether this is functionality that should exist in USC or in Unity (or both?).
After software has actually been downloaded/
Just my thoughts.