Written by asuastrophysics the 27 Feb 13 at 02:06.

The Update Manager and / or Software Sources program should have a function built-in that displays a prompt to delete the package for you from your sources list after X number of 404-not found attempts, or X number of days/weeks/months with it unable to contact the repo's server. This would decrease down time in the OS and allow for more automatic maintenance of a regularly-occurring item of service.

The Update Manager and / or Software Sources program should have a function built-in that displays a prompt to delete the package for you from your sources list after X number of 404-not found attempts, or X number of days/weeks/months with it unable to contact the repo's server. This would decrease down time in the OS and allow for more automatic maintenance of a regularly-occurring item of service.

Written by OO-Dragon the 6 Mar 13 at 07:30.

Just have optioninal prompt that allows you to ingore future prompts from said repos for x amount of time, like a week. If it happens for 3 weeks in a row then prompt saying "repo has not responded in 3 weeks, would you like to delete?" as well as a just "ignore for another week".

The timeframe could also just be a drop down list of day, week, month, 2 months or something similar.

Just have optioninal prompt that allows you to ingore future prompts from said repos for x amount of time, like a week. If it happens for 3 weeks in a row then prompt saying "repo has not responded in 3 weeks, would you like to delete?" as well as a just "ignore for another week". The timeframe could also just be a drop down list of day, week, month, 2 months or something similar.

Written by turbolad the 11 Jan 13 at 13:40.

When you open the Software Centre, a reminder to leave reviews would be helpful, with an option to dismiss the message.

Example: you installed 4 apps using the Software Centre. The first page of the Software Centre could have a little reminder somewhere, saying something like: "Please leave a review for these apps you installed", listing the apps you have installed and not yet reviewed, with a "dismiss" button to discard the reminder.

EDIT: it's easy to forget to leave reviews, especially when you're busy and plan to review the app later or after a few days of actually using the app. A reminder message of some kind would definitely be helpful.

When you open the Software Centre, a reminder to leave reviews would be helpful, with an option to dismiss the message. Example: you installed 4 apps using the Software Centre. The first page of the Software Centre could have a little reminder somewhere, saying something like: "Please leave a review for these apps you installed", listing the apps you have installed and not yet reviewed, with a "dismiss" button to discard the reminder. EDIT: it's easy to forget to leave reviews, especially when you're busy and plan to review the app later or after a few days of actually using the app. A reminder message of some kind would definitely be helpful.

Written by TriforceLZG the 3 Feb 13 at 17:30.

With the inclusion of a Unity Dash quick list for lenses, and a Unity Nautilus quick list for bookmarks, their should be a Unity Ubuntu Software Centre quick list for types of software. A simple right click on the USC icon and all of the available categories will show. Click on one and the application will open within the selected category. This would be a great idea because it makes using Unity 'that' more efficient. It also takes advantage of the quick list feature. Implementing quick lists into one of Ubuntu's main applications would further demonstrate the potential of unity. Simply put, having USC use quick lists would be a nice and simple tweak that could save time and energy for everyone.

Example here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1wkhyZsJgiZYWNiUDV2cmJGTUk/edit?usp=sharing

With the inclusion of a Unity Dash quick list for lenses, and a Unity Nautilus quick list for bookmarks, their should be a Unity Ubuntu Software Centre quick list for types of software. A simple right click on the USC icon and all of the available categories will show. Click on one and the application will open within the selected category. This would be a great idea because it makes using Unity 'that' more efficient. It also takes advantage of the quick list feature. Implementing quick lists into one of Ubuntu's main applications would further demonstrate the potential of unity. Simply put, having USC use quick lists would be a nice and simple tweak that could save time and energy for everyone. Example here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1wkhyZsJgiZYWNiUDV2cmJGTUk/edit?usp=sharing