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In Oneiric Ocelot, after an application is installed via Ubuntu Software Center, its icon/launcher is manually handled, by asking the user to add it to the launcher.

Ubuntu 12.04's Ubuntu Software Center changes the approach of how the installed applications are handled, ditching the manual way in favor of the new default to add every app to the launcher, in order to probably save time, effort and to offer a clear "map" to the new users (who might find difficult to locate the newly installed app).

Starting with Precise's very beginning, a committed developer team brought rigorous tests to be performed against various Ubuntu components, centered on delivering a rock-solid Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and carrying a usable from the beginning to the final release philosophy, approaches visible in the daily ISOs' strength and more.

Polish it is a stated objective of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, and, it seems that numerous applications have borrowed this approach.

GNOME System Monitor 3.3.3 has landed in Ubuntu 12.04 just now, adding minor, but relevant enhancements.
The OS flavor (32 or 64-bit) is now displayed in System Monitor's main view, displaying 1-click away this useful information for users new to Ubuntu.

Mozilla Firefox 10 BETA 1 has landed in Precise Pangolin just now, bringing a new approach in how the navigation icons are handled and displayed.

In Firefox 10 BETA 1, the browser shows only the Go back icon in the home view/regular view of a web-site and,

Recently, Mark Shuttleworth clearly stated and expressed the pixel perfect approach that Precise's Unity is to feature.

Various video-recorded UDS sessions talked about various Compiz optimizations, Unity quicklist improvements, Unity speed enhancements, usage optimizations, all of this grouped inside the pixel perfect objective.

GNOME Online Accounts is an applications that provides access to one's online identity, storing via System Settings-->Online Accounts various account types making them available in one global place.

Until now, GNOME Online Accounts has supported only Google accounts, but, just now, a new version, 3.3.0, adds extra support, bringing Windows Live accounts.

Ubuntu design gathered the near future multimonitor objectives in an in-depth Google documents explaining step-by-step the steps to be addressed starting with Precise Pangolin, but, a definitely interesting aspect of the documents, is represented by a "leak" of the possible new GTK+ theme.

This may be just a mockup, the next theme or, as shown in the above image, an enhanced Ambiance.

The buttons are thicker and have rounded corners, roundness that can be observed all over the window.

Buttons are whiter, cleaner and the search icon is different too.

The developers have clearly stated at UDS Precise the consistent work that is to be done for improving the multimonitor support in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, objective drawn around Unity.

"Our main focus for Precise is to ensure that we deliver a reliable and supportive experience for the core use cases, such as connecting to a second display or projector, disconnecting displays and using a closed laptop with an external display.

Although is in an ALPHA stage, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS has already started to take small but relevant decision in various parts of the OS.
Obviously there is room for change, but today, an update, brought the removal of the couple-of-years old login sound along with a mute login experience (no sound theme landed in Precise, at least until now).

Ubuntu's default fancy yet usability-aware scrollbars, Ayatana Overlay Scrollbars, have just been updated to another consistent release, marking a clear, optimized implementation.

What is new in Ayatana Overlay Scrollbars 0.2.13?

• the thumb gained Ubuntu-specific pointed texture, making it look slicker and more professional then its previous implementations