This issue seems to have been fixed in the latest development release of Ubuntu.
(Popularity stars are displayed, making it clear that the results are sorted by popularity.) ** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- When searching, results are not sorted by alphabet (but by popularity, but the UI does not make this clear) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/442992 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs