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Idea #2223: One app, one icon

bug This idea was marked as being not considered for implementation the 7 July 11.
Written by xlasttrainhomex the 1 Mar 08 at 16:43. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: Won't implement
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Create an application folder and install apps dragging their icon into that application folder. It's easier than package installing and more intuitive for new users. Also resolve dependencies in background.
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Written by xlasttrainhomex the 1 Mar 08 at 16:43.
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frandavid100 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 16:45
Drag the icon from where?

xlasttrainhomex wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 16:47
1.- Download the application from internet to your desktop.

2.- Drag the icon.

PS: it also can be combined with add/remove application tool that already exists on ubuntu.

probono wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:01
Have a look at the klik project: There, one app = 1 file

http://code.google.com/p/klikclient/

Ferk wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:48
I still don't get it...

Why don't use .deb files?

You download the .deb from the internet and double click it to install.

aantn wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:54
I agree that installing packages can be simplified, but I don't think that this is the way to do so.

A nicer gui to install packages (with screenshots of the programs) would be a better idea.

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 17:57
The current package system is superior and more convenient than proposed.

If you like the OS X method, then use OS X. Ubuntu isn't OS X, and isn't trying to be.

xlasttrainhomex wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 18:04
#cheesehead, great arguments

Kingoftherings wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 19:00
Like OS X?

Why? Synaptic is far superior.

josephcmiller2 wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 23:59
I remember looking at OS X asking me to do this when I installed some software for the first time. I thought it was a completely unnecessary step, it was confusing to anyone used to installers, then I had to go find the dang folder to run the program. Yeah, I admit it. I don't know how to use OS X. But then neither do the majority of PC users. I think Ubuntu's package management is a much easier transition for any PC user.

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 7 Jul 11 at 19:42
Quite a few changes to package management have come and gone in three years, and there is still little interest in this idea. So I'm closing it.


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