Written by MarcusRubeus the 7 May 08 at 23:45.

It would be useful if menu items were highlighted in the gnome application when first installed. Here is a good policy:

Highlight menu path is the following is true:

1) Has not clicked application icon through menu
2) Has been installed within the last 3 hours

It would be useful if menu items were highlighted in the gnome application when first installed. Here is a good policy: Highlight menu path is the following is true: 1) Has not clicked application icon through menu 2) Has been installed within the last 3 hours

Written by pickettj the 22 Mar 09 at 04:36.

People who are new to ubuntu or open software may not be familiar with the firefox icon in the top panel, therefore, should be included as "Firefox - Internet Browser" or something similar.

Add an icon to launch on the desktop:

Firefox
Open office / gedit
Rhythmbox music player (or any music player)
and maybe a game of some sort

People who are new to ubuntu or open software may not be familiar with the firefox icon in the top panel, therefore, should be included as "Firefox - Internet Browser" or something similar. Add an icon to launch on the desktop: Firefox Open office / gedit Rhythmbox music player (or any music player) and maybe a game of some sort

Written by Basem the 25 Mar 09 at 10:08.

Add Icons for new user. For example, a Firefox icons that has a label "Browse the internet", another Pidgin Icon that has the Label "Chat with friends" or another one with the OpenOffice Icon that says "Edit Documents"...
Eventually users will be able to delete them or create new ones.

Add Icons for new user. For example, a Firefox icons that has a label "Browse the internet", another Pidgin Icon that has the Label "Chat with friends" or another one with the OpenOffice Icon that says "Edit Documents"... Eventually users will be able to delete them or create new ones.

Written by braaivleis the 4 Dec 08 at 09:54.

It would be very useful if Add/Remove could display the installed location of an application once it has successfully completed its installation.

Having the option to run it after an installation is already implemented and is useful, but it doesn't give him/her an idea of where it was installed (under which menu etc) for the times that the application must be run in the future.

It would be very useful if Add/Remove could display the installed location of an application once it has successfully completed its installation. Having the option to run it after an installation is already implemented and is useful, but it doesn't give him/her an idea of where it was installed (under which menu etc) for the times that the application must be run in the future.

Written by rotuka the 30 Nov 09 at 02:35.

Software Center and GDebi should provide a button to launch just installed application.

For example, it could be done by checking if .deb file have a .desktop file in it and provide a launcher for it.

Software Center and GDebi should provide a button to launch just installed application. For example, it could be done by checking if .deb file have a .desktop file in it and provide a launcher for it.

Written by afrodeity the 23 May 09 at 17:59.

Although there is some form of preview, there is no information about where the packages are going. Also a postmortem which would tell the user where the packages pieces were all put and whether or not a menu entry was made, this would solve the problem. I am sure there is probably a log file somewhere, but its a lot of work to just call up a simple piece of information which should be immediately available.

Although there is some form of preview, there is no information about where the packages are going. Also a postmortem which would tell the user where the packages pieces were all put and whether or not a menu entry was made, this would solve the problem. I am sure there is probably a log file somewhere, but its a lot of work to just call up a simple piece of information which should be immediately available.

Written by pablitofuerte the 5 Jun 09 at 09:07.

New users (not used to the installation system and the hierchical panel structure) just need to now where to find the icon to launch the new installed software. WIA "Where is application" is an application that alredy do this, showing a notification bubble for a few seconds.
Some Screenshots:
http://img.genbeta.com/2009/05/wia.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3529027524_bf7b9a8ae8_o.png
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RfQybpaoNaM/SfuQZIzwuoI/AAAAAAAAB6s/JIlZg3z4PJY/s1600 -h/wia.jpg

You can see a description here:
http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/05/ubuntu-get-notified-where-you-can-find.html
Download:https://sites.google.com/site/ubuntucon/

Advanced users can see where all files go using Synaptic (as said in Solution #2) or in gdebi-gtk ("Included Files" tab) when you download a .deb file.

New users (not used to the installation system and the hierchical panel structure) just need to now where to find the icon to launch the new installed software. WIA "Where is application" is an application that alredy do this, showing a notification bubble for a few seconds. Some Screenshots: http://img.genbeta.com/2009/05/wia.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/3529027524_bf7b9a8ae8_o.png http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RfQybpaoNaM/SfuQZIzwuoI/AAAAAAAAB6s/JIlZg3z4PJY/s1600-h/wia.jpg You can see a description here: http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/05/ubuntu-get-notified-where-you-can-find.html Download:https://sites.google.com/site/ubuntucon/ Advanced users can see where all files go using Synaptic (as said in Solution #2) or in gdebi-gtk ("Included Files" tab) when you download a .deb file. Anyway, a combination of WIA "Where is application" notifications, and the "whereis" comandline output for the main binary could be great. Example: You have succesfully installed "Songbird" in: /usr/bin/songbird You can find the "Songbird"launcher in: Applications - Video & Sound Sorry for my english. Greetings

Written by noblex the 12 Jun 09 at 20:44.

Whenever a new GUI application has its .desktop/shortcut/whatever added, show a "You have new applications installed" popup in the panel. Clicking on the popup will bring up a window with more information about *what* you installed (if more than one, a list of program names/icons), and offer to open the program now.

This could also show up on an upgrade to a new version of Ubuntu, if there are new default-applications we want to highlight.

The window should also have some kind of instructions for if you want to open the program later, answering the obvious question "Where, between the Applications, System->Administration, and System->Preferences menus and submenus, did this program get installed?"

Whenever a new GUI application has its .desktop/shortcut/whatever added, show a "You have new applications installed" popup in the panel. Clicking on the popup will bring up a window with more information about *what* you installed (if more than one, a list of program names/icons), and offer to open the program now. This could also show up on an upgrade to a new version of Ubuntu, if there are new default-applications we want to highlight. The window should also have some kind of instructions for if you want to open the program later, answering the obvious question "Where, between the Applications, System->Administration, and System->Preferences menus and submenus, did this program get installed?"

Written by snake444 the 22 Sep 10 at 10:31.

After software center finish installing the app, pop up a message like this:
Xchat can be found at Application>Internet>Xchat
+ highlight like in solution #1 but only until the first click.
after the first click on the app disable the highlight

+add an option somewhere to disable both highlighting and the popup message because it can be annoying for expert users

and option to change the highlight settings like remove highlight after 3 clicks or after 3 days after the installation

After software center finish installing the app, pop up a message like this: Xchat can be found at Application>Internet>Xchat + highlight like in solution #1 but only until the first click. after the first click on the app disable the highlight +add an option somewhere to disable both highlighting and the popup message because it can be annoying for expert users and option to change the highlight settings like remove highlight after 3 clicks or after 3 days after the installation