Hello userdce , and thanks for your report and your suggestion. It was decided in design and user testing that launching an application from Software Center itself is not ideal. Instead, the conventional way to launch an application (the Unity launcher) should be used, and the following specification is currently being implemented in Precise to help users discover how to launch an application that they have installed.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Learning_how_to_launch_an_application Thanks again, and best regards! Gary ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to software-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/935610 Title: Launch program facility in Software Center Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: When any software is searched in Software center, it shows that it is installed or not. If it is installed then if it can be run from the software center then it might be helpful. Or person has to go back and look that program in menu. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: software-center 5.1.9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-16.25-generic 3.2.6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-16-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Feb 18 12:44:59 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120214.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/935610/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
