[Bug 774590] Re: An option to Purchase software is not visible in Ubuntu 11.04 S/w center

[Gary Lasker]

Hey mpt, thanks for your insights on this. This came up as an issue at
the UDS session for UI Enhancements and there was discussion about it,
see the raw session notes here:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter/UDSOneiricSessionNotes

Specifically, check the last two lines of the following section:

 * Simplify the UI (this may be a big topic and so we might move this to its own blueprint)
   *  Remove the left navigation pane, it takes a lot of space but where to put the information
    * the expander is tiny and often unnoticed
    * should expand by default, especially Get Software

It's for this reason this work item was added to the spec. (Note that I
was the one who originally set this bug as Invalid, but it was the
opinions put forth at the session that made me reconsider).

Indeed it is true that the For Purchase items are available from Get
Software, but it is not possible to easily browse *only* the available
For Purchase apps from that section, I think a lot of people want to do
just that. Since the expander for Get Software in the treeview is small,
however, it's easily overlooked and so the contained items remain
invisible.

In fact, this bug was originally filed for this use case; the reporter
wanted to browse items for purchase but was unable to find the For
Purchase subitem to select it (likely for him this node had gotten
collapsed at some point).

Fwiw, I don't think *all* sources should be available, but the For
Purchase and Independent nodes are special cases and I do think we ought
to make them visible by default. What is the use of hiding them? People
are interested in those specifically, and they are delivered by default
with Ubuntu (unlike PPA nodes, that are added by the user).

I guess I don't see how it hurts to expand Get Software by default, but
I do see how it helps (as described above). Note also that the Installed
Software item is collapsed by default and its expansion state persisted
as before.

Maybe we should wait to see if we get any complaints about Get Software
being expanded by default?

Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

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Title:
  An option to Purchase software is not visible in Ubuntu 11.04 S/w
  center

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “software-center” source package in Natty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: software-center

  Option to view paid softwares available in Software center is not
  present which was in previous versions.

  TEST CASE for SRU:

  This is a usability fix that simply always expands the left pane's
  "Get Software" item on launch so that its subitems are always visible
  and available. To test this fix:

  1. Update to Software Center 4.0.3 in natty-proposed.
  2. Open Software Center and verify that the "Get Software" item is expanded.
  3. Collapse both the "Get Software" and "Installed Software" items.
  4. Close Software Center.
  5. Reopen Software Center and verify that the "Get Software" item is expanded while the "Installed Software" item remains collapsed.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: software-center 4.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun May  1 08:07:32 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: software-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)