Comment 1 for bug 398052

Rest assured when you sleep at night, the design team is well aware of these issues :-)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppCenter#October%202009 is being developed for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

A 'paper cut' is a minor usability problem likely to effect the average user first day using a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10. This is not a 'paper cut' because the list of packages will likely be hidden in Ubuntu 9.10.

Don't worry, though, this is a valid issue, just not a 'paper cut'. Thank you for taking the time to report this bug!