Provide 'Ubuntu-Software-Centre' like UI

[Danté]

Binary package hint: kpackagekit

The main problem with KPackageKit's UI is the same reason Synaptic and the new Software Centre are so popular; they allow the user to browse programs. If a synaptic/software centre like UI was put into the system, then KPackageKit's functions would be much improved.

[Rohan Garg (rohangarg)]

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!

[Vish (vish)]

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!

[Danté (dante-ashton)]

Considering a few Kubuntu devs have already publically stated that Brainstorm is trash...:/

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Well, it is. But Launchpad isn't any better for this particular use case.

If the report was: "kpk got a crappy UI because x is not discoverable and y is non-intuitive ..." it would highlight particular defects that can be worked on. But completely redoing the UI is a too large and complex a task to be worked on as a bug. It just involves too much discussion and trials and is itself made out of various milestones that cannot be tracked here, so ultimately this report is as useful as dropping a mail to <email address hidden>.

Anyhow, on general remark I would like to note that we do not have the resources to do this, so it would be better to tell the upstream developers directly that the UI is crap and in particular why it is.