USC needs clearer/simpler icon

It's probably more important for the bag to have visible handles than for it to have stuff inside it. Otherwise it looks a little too much like a cheap grocery bag, rather than a good-quality department store bag (the corner store vs. Harrods).

Ivanka mentioned the possibility of using a giftbox (with a ribbon?) instead of a shopping bag. We're considering using a giftbox icon for available updates (preliminary mockup at <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana/UpdateIssues?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UM-SS.png>), so that could be consistent, or it could be a clash, depending on your point of view.

Please use a Tango compliant icon so that it will be coherent with the majority of icons.

Because Ubuntu doesn't use or ship with Tango icons by default it is more important that this icon fit with the Human set than Tango.

Regarding the gift-wrapped package: not sure how well this fits with "security updates available"

Any updates on this? Do you have some idea of a mockup?

Any reason why the icon needs to be relevant/related to what the program does itself?

The apple store icon is an A made up by 2 pencils and a ruler.

The main thing that captures my interest is the little number in a circle in the top right, which I found out indicates updates are available.

...not to mention that our beloved, crufty old icon still prominently features the old Ubuntu logo. :)

We are well overdue for a new icon and many people have expressed this recently, so I've targeted this for Oneiric in the Software Center UI Enhancements spec:

  https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-o-software-center-ui

@Daniel, are you still ok with being the assignee? Please let me know if we need to change that.

Thanks all!

This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 4.1.19

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software-center (4.1.19) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Kiwinote ]
  * data/piston-helpers/piston_get_reviews_helper.py:
    - get reviews for the base pkg, not the multiarch one
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/buttons.py:
    - hand cursor for category tiles and subcategory tiles
    - make a price of '0.00' render as 'free'
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/appdetailsview_gtk.py:
    - remove function calls to set the color of the pkgstatusbar (LP: #833195)
    - render icons for addons correctly
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/views/catview_gtk.py:
    - don't show unavailable or already installed apps in the 'new' tiles
    - align the subcat view
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/exhibits.py:
    - only render paging dots if we have more than one

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * softwarecenter/db/application.py:
    -ignore errors from incorrect utf8 (LP: #833534)
  * data/ubuntu-software-center.desktop.in:
    - set default UI to gtk3 (LP: #830901)
  * add new icon LP: #432552

  [ Matthew Paul Thomas ]
  * softwarecenter/ui/gtk3/widgets/exhibits.py:
    - tweak the default banner presentation (LP: #833169)
  * debian/control:
    - improve package description
  * lp:~mpt/software-center/text-tweaks:
    - text fixes

  [ Matthew McGowan ]
  * lp:~mmcg069/software-center/small-fixes:
    - fix available pane channels
    - change nonapp filter

  [ Jacob Johan Edwards ]
  * lp:~j-johan-edwards/software-center/toolbar-quick-hack:
    - comment out hatching from USC custom toolbar.
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:36:48 +0200