Software Center 3.0 UI Enhancements for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
UI enhancements planned for Software Center version 3.0
-- Single-pane department screen
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Single-pane%20department%20screen
-- Hide non-application packages by default
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Software%20list%20view
-- History section.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#History%20section
-- "Where is it" feature to reveal the location of newly installed apps
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#%E2%80%9CWhere%20Is%20It?%E2%80%9D%20button
-- Announcing newly-installed applications
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Announcing%20newly-installed%20applications
-- Dragging installed applications from Ubuntu Software Center to a launcher
-- Add-on packages
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Add-on%20packages
-- Add-on media
-- Improved license info
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/579854
-- Custom package lists.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Custom%20package%20lists
-- Assimilation of apturl
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#apturl
-- Back and Forward menu items and keyboard equivalents
-- Add PPA/channel support to the installed items view
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/524379
Planned for Software Center 3.0 but covered (and work items tracked) in separate blueprints:
-- Selling software
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-maverick-buy-something
-- Discovery of new apps released using the upcoming mechanism for delivering apps post-release
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-maverick-opportunistic-apps-stable-release
-- Copying installations across computers
https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-maverick-oneconf
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