I'd like to suggest another (or possibly additional) way of solving this problem:
Pre-unity, the global menu had a very nice organizational scheme that mirrored that of the software center: there was a folder for games, office, system, etc, etc. I this organization still exists in the form of Filters but they aren't very prominent -- you have to do a search for something or go to all applications to use the filters, and this can be non-intuitive. Perhaps another way of solving the problem would be to make filters more prominent? One place I could see this working is by replacing the top four shortcuts. "Media Apps" just applies the media filter -- the same could be done for "Games", "Office" or "System". The "More Apps" shortcut is not very useful since it does the same thing as clicking on the Apps icon next to the home down at the bottom of the dash. The same is true of "Find files." However I can see why these redundant shortcuts were put in so that new users will be able to find "everything" more easily -- so maybe we need to make those smaller, but more general icons on the bottom bigger and more inviting. Or allow users to customize their dock (using some sort of first time guided wizard) that lets them put in shortcuts for the filters they want: Joe wants shortcuts for "Media" "Games" and "Graphics", but Bob wants "Media" "Office" and "System." I think that making it easy for users to customize the dash and put in the shortcuts they want would be a better long term solution. I also like the idea of having a launch link in the software center -- users know how to use the software center to find thins easily by sorting through categories and using search terms. What Unity needs to teach new users is that they can find applications and even other files, in the same exact way, using filters and search terms. Thus I think that automatically adding applications to the launcher is a quick shortcut that will quickly exhaust its usefulness, but increasing the prominence of search and filters will lead to a better long term experience. To put it another way, the real design problem you are running into is that users do not know how to find things. The solution is not to put everything in one place. The solution is to teach users to find things / make finding things easy and prominent. Of course, you have to do what you have to do, but please at least make this optional -- something you can configure in the Software Center, or a checkbox for "add to launcher" next to the install button, or something. I hope this feedback is useful. Good luck! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/893209 Title: Software Centre - When a application is installed from the Software Centre it's icon should be automatically pinned to the Launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/893209/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
