Ubuntu Software Store: What it does, and how you can help

Iain Lane laney at ubuntu.com
Sat Sep 26 11:34:53 BST 2009


Greetings,

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:45:55AM +0100, Matthew East wrote:
>On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Iain Lane <laney at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Cool. Glad to see that community input is listened to. What does this mean
>> for the store metaphor throughout the rest of the application?
>
>I don't think there is a strong metaphor running through the
>application. That would be inconsistent with the idea that the name
>"store" had two meanings. The only thing I can see is the use of the
>word "Departments" on the first screen, right? It's not wholly out of
>place even with the change of name, but I guess it could be changed to
>"Categories" or similar. I'm sure the project developers will take a
>decision on that.

I remember seeing a "Shelf"* combo somewhere, but indeed I cannot find 
it now so it was probably excised already.

Regards,
Iain

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