Re: New mockups for shell - round 2

[Ross Smith <myxiplx googlemail com>]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:58 PM, david jordan <dmj726 sbcglobal net> wrote:
> One thing I'm seeing with these mockups is that the Add/Remove Programs...
> item is getting relegated into odd corners of the menu.  Add/Remove Programs
> is one of the most important and distinctive features that Linux has going
> for it.

Absolutely, one of the things I loved about Jeremy's mockup was the
way he integrated the Add Programs feature into each category.    I
think the full Add/Remove feature could live within settings if we had
that 'Add game', etc feature as a prominent part of the main program
list.

For bonus points:  You could also have the 'Add program' pop up on the
main screen if no results are found for something.  To really push the
boat out, you could do a package search in the background, and add an
'Install xxxx now' when users search :-)