Bug 384936 - Improve discoverability of newly-installed applications
Summary: Improve discoverability of newly-installed applications
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: plasmashell
Classification: Plasma
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: master
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: 1.0
Assignee: David Edmundson
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Keywords: usability
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Reported: 2017-09-21 15:50 UTC by Nate Graham
Modified: 2020-07-13 09:59 UTC (History)
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Description Nate Graham 2017-09-21 15:50:13 UTC 
Right now, newly-installed applications aren't specially highlighted anywhere, making it more challenging than optimal for non-technical users to know how to launch them.

In Ubuntu Unity, newly-installed applications automatically show up on the always-visible Dock. In Windows, they appear highlighted at the top of the Start Menu.

We should consider doing something to highlight or display newly-installed applications more prominently.
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2017-09-21 15:57:18 UTC 
Kickoff did have code to highlight new items at some point
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2017-09-21 17:27:46 UTC 
(FYI this is a continuation of a conversation started at https://phabricator.kde.org/D7905)
Comment 3 Kai Uwe Broulik 2017-09-22 07:39:35 UTC 
It used to have a "Recently installed" category until it was rewritten to use Kicker's backend.
Comment 4 Alexander Lohnau 2020-07-13 09:59:10 UTC 
Great idea, would be really nice if we could implement this!