[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Dario Ruellan]

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 


  So, what are the problems?
  

  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well. But then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a
  bit clunky.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally
  this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results,
  where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install"
  button at the right end.  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway.
  One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left
  side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right.

  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Dario Ruellan]

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 


  So, what are the problems?
  

  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well. But then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a
  bit clunky.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally
  this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results,
  where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install"
  button at the right end.  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway.
  One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left
  side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right.

  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Chris Wilson]

** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
   Importance: Undecided
   Status: New

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
Milestone: None => raring-round-4

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
   Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Papercuts Ninja (papercuts-ninja)

** No longer affects: hundredpapercuts

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 


  So, what are the problems?
  

  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well. But then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a
  bit clunky.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally
  this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results,
  where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install"
  button at the right end.  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway.
  One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left
  side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right.

  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
 Assignee: (unassigned) => Emily Maher (emily-maher)

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 


  So, what are the problems?
  

  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well. But then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a
  bit clunky.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally
  this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results,
  where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install"
  button at the right end.  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway.
  One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left
  side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right.

  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Attachment added: "screenshot of .deb file presentation"
   
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** Description changed:

  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04
  
  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  
  
  To see this problem, go to  for example.
  
  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.
  
  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
- h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.
+ h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 

  
  So, what are the problems?
  
  
  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored
  backgrounds. This is ugly.
  
  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then
  the text would no longer line up with the package description below it.
  Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding
  padding to the package description as well. But then the overall
  description area would be further away from the edges of the window than
  the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.
  
  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a bit
  clunky.
  
  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this
  was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results, where we
  have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at
  the right end. 
  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One possibility for
  fixing this would be to put the button on the left side, with the
  price/installed text immediately to its right.
  
  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Attachment added: "screenshot, annotated"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1026090/+attachment/3232756/+files/layout-annotated.png

** Description changed:

  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04
  
  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  
  
  To see this problem, go to  for example.
  
  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.
  
  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.
  
  So, what are the problems?
+ 
  
  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored
  backgrounds. This is ugly.
  
  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then
  the text would no longer line up with the package description below it.
  Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding
  padding to the package description as well. But then the overall
  description area would be further away from the edges of the window than
  the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.
  
  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a bit
  clunky.
  
  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this
  was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results, where we
  have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at
  the right end. 
  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One possibility for
  fixing this would be to put the button on the left side, with the
  price/installed text immediately to its right.
  
  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it. 


  So, what are the problems?
  

  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edge

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Attachment added: "screenshot of list view"
   
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** Description changed:

  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04
  
  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png
+ 
  
  To see this problem, go to  for example.
  
  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
- d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and 
the date it was installed.
+ d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.
  
  Occasionally there are additional elements:
- f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
- g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.
+ f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
+ g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
+ h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.
  
  So, what are the problems?
  
- 1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the
- warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored
+ 1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
+ warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored
  backgrounds. This is ugly.
  
  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then
  the text would no longer line up with the package description below it.
  Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding
- padding to the package description as well, but then the overall
+ padding to the package description as well. But then the overall
  description area would be further away from the edges of the window than
  the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.
  
- 2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in themselves.
- In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted horizontal
- borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well together.
+ 2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
+ themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
+ horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
+ together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a bit
+ clunky.
  
  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this
- was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results (where we
+ was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results, where we
  have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at
- the right end), but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One
- possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left side,
- with the price/installed text immediately to its right.
+ the right end. 
+ but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One possibility for
+ fixing this would be to put the button on the left side, with the
+ price/installed text immediately to its right.
  
  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Attachment added: "screenshot of installed state"
   
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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if currently installed, an "Installed" icon and 
text and the date it was installed. 

  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. An average rating, shown as stars, and the number of ratings.
  g. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  h. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.

  So, what are the problems?

  1. The contents of the price+button ribbon, and (when present) the
  warning ribbon, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well. But then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price/installed and warning ribbons are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together. The text in the price/installed ribbon is also bold and a
  bit clunky.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally
  this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results,
  where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install"
  button at the right end.  but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway.
  One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left
  side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right.

  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04
  
  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png
  
  To see this problem, go to  for example.
  
  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and 
the date it was installed.
- e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation.
+ e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.
  
  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.
  
  So, what are the problems?
  
  1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the
  warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored
  backgrounds. This is ugly.
  
  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then
  the text would no longer line up with the package description below it.
  Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding
  padding to the package description as well, but then the overall
  description area would be further away from the edges of the window than
  the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.
  
  2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in themselves.
  In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted horizontal
  borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well together.
  
  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this
  was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results (where we
  have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at
  the right end), but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One
  possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left side,
  with the price/installed text immediately to its right.
  
  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and 
the date it was installed.
  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation. During installation/removal, this changes to a progress bar with 
a small Stop button.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.

  So, what are the problems?

  1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the
  warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well, but then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go 

[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Gary Lasker]

Hi mpt! What are the next steps, then? Thanks!

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Status: New => Confirmed

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and 
the date it was installed.
  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.

  So, what are the problems?

  1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the
  warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well, but then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally
  this was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results
  (where we have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install"
  button at the right end), but we want to reduce our use of list views
  anyway. One possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on
  the left side, with the price/installed text immediately to its right.

  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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[Desktop-packages] [Bug 1026090] Re: Top of software item screen is unattractive

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Attachment added: "screenshot"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1026090/+attachment/3227108/+files/layout.png

** Description changed:

  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04
  
  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
+ https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png
  
  To see this problem, go to  for example.
  
  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and 
the date it was installed.
  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation.
  
  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.
  
  So, what are the problems?
  
  1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the
  warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their colored
  backgrounds. This is ugly.
  
  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but then
  the text would no longer line up with the package description below it.
  Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too, by adding
  padding to the package description as well, but then the overall
  description area would be further away from the edges of the window than
  the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.
  
  2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in themselves.
  In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted horizontal
  borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well together.
  
  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Originally this
  was for semi-consistency with list views of multiple results (where we
  have a "More Info" button at the left end, and an "Install" button at
  the right end), but we want to reduce our use of list views anyway. One
  possibility for fixing this would be to put the button on the left side,
  with the price/installed text immediately to its right.
  
  These three problems would be best solved all at once by a graphic
  designer.

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Title:
  Top of software item screen is unattractive

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Software Center 5.2.4, Ubuntu 12.04

  The top of USC's software item screen is unattractive.
  https://launchpadlibrarian.net/110380605/layout.png

  To see this problem, go to  for
  example.

  There are always at least five elements in this area:
  a. Icon for the application/package.
  b. Title (application name or package synopsis), usually four words or fewer.
  c. Summary or tagline, usually ten words or fewer.
  d. Price, often "Free"; or, if already installed, the text "Installed" and 
the date it was installed.
  e. Button labelled "Install", "Install…", "Buy…", or "Remove", depending on 
the situation.

  Occasionally there are additional elements:
  f. A banner warning you that the item may be inappropriate: for example, 
"This software requires a CD drive, but none are currently connected."
  g. Text for a package you've downloaded outside USC, "Install this item only 
if you trust its origin." Currently this replaces the price, because USC has no 
idea whether or how much you paid for it.

  So, what are the problems?

  1. The contents of the price+button banner, and (when present) the
  warning banner, are flush with the left and right edges of their
  colored backgrounds. This is ugly.

  We could fix this by adding some left and right padding inside, but
  then the text would no longer line up with the package description
  below it. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not. We could fix that too,
  by adding padding to the package description as well, but then the
  overall description area would be further away from the edges of the
  window than the banner areas are. Would that matter? Maybe, maybe not.

  2. The price and warning banners are rather unattractive in
  themselves. In particular, they have no vertical borders, but dotted
  horizontal borders and a background color. These don't seem to go well
  together.

  3. The "Install"/"Install…"/"Buy" button is far away from the price --
  and the wider the window is, the further apart they are. Original