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2021-10-05 |
elementary OS improves its app centre |
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The elementary OS team have published a project update which outlines the work they are doing to improve the software centre and desktop experience. Some of the changes to elementary's software centre include improved performance and presenting security and privacy information on an application's summary page. "For example, we've largely reworked the home page with banners featuring the most recently released and updated curated apps in a multi-touch swipable carousel. We've also added up to twelve more of the most recently-updated apps directly below. Rather than just showing the app's icon and name, we now also show each app's summary and an install button—including the developer's recommended price if it's a monetized app. Since we enforce accurate update information for curated apps, this data is populated locally from the apps' AppStream data rather than from a remote API as before. The result of this work is a faster home page with over three times the apps displayed, as well as the ability to purchase or install several apps with far fewer clicks. The categories remain below if you prefer that route for browsing. We've also spent significant time improving individual apps' info pages. Rather than displaying a generic 'explicit' warning dialog when installing an app with certain content warnings, we show this information ahead of time at the top of the page. We differentiate between and inform about several content warnings including things like violence, language, and nudity as well as privacy-related topics like online interactions and data collection." |
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