Hi Matteo! Thank you for your suggestion. In fact, this has been requested in the past by others as well. However, in usability studies and by the design criteria of the Ubuntu Software Center designer, it was decided that it is better to show the user *how* they can launch their newly launched app via the recommended (and standard) way, which is by using the Unity launcher. This is much preferable from a usability standpoint that have two completely seperate methods for launching applications.
If you'd like to read further, this design is specified here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#Learning_how_to_launch_an_application And this has been implemented now in Precise. So, based on this, I will close this one now. Thank you again! ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => 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/765728 Title: [wishlist] 'Launch' button for installed software Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: software-center I think it would be useful to add the possibility to launch from Software Center a piece of software you have (just) installed. Let's say, for example, that I'd like to install a text-editor: I start a search from Software Center and I choose to install 'Scite Text Editor'. Software Center downloads it and tells me that it will be in Applications>Programming>Scite Text Editor, so I'll have to go there to launch it. It would be nice to launch it directly from inside Software Center, since if you choose to install some software, you are likely to need it more or less at once. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/765728/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
