On 17/03/11 10:42, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> Not sure exactly how to solve this. A few suggestions for debate:
>
>  1) Simply don't show uninstalled apps in the Dash homescreen. Only in the 
> apps place (super easy fix)

This is sufficient to close the bug for Natty.

>  2) Add some "web" emblem to the uninstalled app icons (easy in 
> unity-place-applications, but may need shell integration to work..?)
>  3) Prefix name labels with "Download: " or something. This will probably 
> result in an ellipsis nightmare, but is trivial to implement

If we're to do either of these, we need to evaluate it's value as a
general system. In other words, evaluate whether there is sufficient
benefit in having the lens/place provide the home screen with
emblems/tags for the results. John Lea is looking at Dash 3.0 right now
for Oneiric, cc'd.

>  4) Split out in a different section in the Dash (requires some work
in both the place daemon and in the Unity shell)

I have a feeling this is the right end-game anyhow in this case.
Apps-for-install is really great to see on the home screen, but they
really are a completely different class of thing than apps installed.
For example, I would like to see:

 - matching apps installed
 - matching local / cloud files
 - available apps

In that order... which suggests they need to be a different section, and
that's out of scope for Natty.

Mark

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Title:
  Dash: installed/not installed packages are conflated under
  "Applications": incredibly confusing

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