[Bug 802756] Re: hard to match stars with name

[Aaron Peachey]

Hi, we already have a bug that suggests we should have alternating colours for the list view rows (LP: #727151) and have had discussions around if and how to implement that. 
The issue is that if a list view only shows 2 or 3 results then one of them will be a different colour to the others and looks like it is being emphasised when it actually isn't.
I looked at ways to implement it differently but still didn't find anything that worked well so we've left it as is.

I don't believe this is a duplicate, so think it should stay open as
this is a slightly different issue in that there are probably ways to
associate the star rating with the app name, without having to
distinguish the rows from one another. For example, putting the stars on
the left instead of right (vice-versa for RTL locales) immediately
followed by the app name.

e.g.
***** 3D Chess
   instead of
3D Chess                                                *****

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Title:
  hard to match stars with name

Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On left, I see software names. On right, I see software stars. As I
  move my head or my eye ball from left to right, I see white background
  above and below, but I have to go horizontally and I find matching a
  software's name with the software's stars hard.

  http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/3562/to-use-or-not-to-use-
  alternating-row-colors-for-tables

  1. visit a big category listing
  2. skip to a software about in the middle
  3. move your eye ball from left to right, white background won't help, match the name with the stars
  expected:
  I know what stars belong to what name
  actual:
  it's hard to match stars with name

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