I like Alex's approach in his second paragraph in comment #5. In short: 1) Developers offer to mark their applications as containing "adult content" at their own discretion. 2) Software Center has a toggle option to hide/show applications containing "adult content."
This approach addresses several concerns: a) The Dash and Software Center can show fewer "adult" applications if desired. b) Nobody has to moderate (what would inevitably be very, very contentious) blacklists/whitelists in order to keep (a) true. c) Nobody's "freedoms" are infringed upon; users still have the freedom to show and install these applications; developers still have the freedom to have their applications appear in Software Center, with the entirely voluntary option to accommodate those (many) who would rather not see these types of applications by default. Should these apps be shown or hidden by default? Should the toggle be such that "unchecked" means hide them or "checked" means hide them? My opinion is that the checkbox label should read "Show applications containing adult content," and should be unchecked by default. If developers are taking the extra step to mark their applications as "adult," there seems no harm in hiding them by default. Then again, maybe hiding them by default would discourage developers from using the option. Maybe the option in Software Center could even be discoverable by looking for specific search keywords, like "porn": "It appears that your are searching for applications with adult content, which are currently hidden. Would you like to show these applications?" This would be trickier -- off the top of my head, someone might be looking for a parental control / porn-blocking app by using search terms such as these. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883800 Title: apps available to download section should blacklist certain items To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/883800/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
