Software Center UI misses several visual hints and consistent hover behaviour
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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software-center (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Matthew Paul Thomas |
Bug Description
I noticed that there are very little visual hints in the USC design:
- no "hover" status on nearly all elements
- no "onclick" effect on the elements listed in the New and Most voted sections
- no "onclick" effect on the little arrows next to the top three buttons (namely: all software, installed)
- no "hover" status for the elements listed in a software category
I would like to focus on the potential that the hover status holds in the application list screen (eg. the screen you get after a search action).
As of now, he user is left to stare at a plain list, with nothing to do and no visual hints. It would be interesting to have a hover event on each line which not only shades the focused line, but also reveals the "install" and "more info" buttons as well.
i belive this change could help users perform both install and uninstall actions in less time and give the USC a more polished and responsive look&feel.
affects: | software-center → software-center (Ubuntu) |
Changed in software-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
assignee: | nobody → Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) |
A 2 step mock-up showing the hover behaviour i described in the bug report