big screenshots in software-center overflow and it is difficult to scroll in them

[zubozrout]

While browsing applications in Ubuntu Software Center, you can click on screenshots to see previews in better quality. However, this functionality is limited and works properly only when showing small images. If there is a big screenshot, let's say about 1000px wide, then it is overflowing and you must scroll.

I propose to adjust a screenshot to fit a screen, so a full image would be possible to see at once. For a better visual experience, it should be shown within the main software-center window. Also, it should be possible to zoom the image, so you can see the details too.

HOW TO REPRODUCE:
A good example of this bug is the game Bastion: search for "Bastion" in the USC, click "More info" and open one of the screenshots.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.2.1

<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#gallery>: "If you activate a screenshot or video ... the screenshot or video should then visibly zoom into a chromeless overlay window that is the height of the display, the width of the display, or the original size of the image, whichever results in the smallest scaled image."

[zubozrout (zubozrout)]

Here is a mock-up for this: http://ubuntuone.com/50Nu3UrcVFe3ldy550NS9J

[Stéphane Guillou (stephane-guillou)]

This is still a problem in USC 5.2.4.

It is a bug that looks like it could really easily be fixed. I really have no idea, of course, but most lambda users using the USC would think that this shouldn't be a problem any more in modern apps. It basically makes the Ubuntu Software Centre look cheap and not mature at all.