1. It can be used to launch another instance/window of an application. The launcher doesn't have the ability to open a new window (yet?). Perhaps this should be added to quicklists.
4. I fully agree categories (sections in lenses) need easier access and need to be more visible. I'm not sure if your solution is the best though, since it takes up quite a lot of space. Perhaps a horizontal bar below the search bar would be best. However, with a horizontal bar you might have problems with lenses with a lot of sections. Not sure how that would be handled. On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Anthony Scire <aaaanto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, Ayatana. > > I am here, once again, with some ideas for improving the dash. I'm > almost certain none of them are new ideas, but they are my chief > complaints, and I may as well compile them together. > > 1. Improvement for Most Frequently Used > Currently this lists applications that are pinned to your launcher. In > my case, 4 of the 6 visible are already pinned to my Launcher. Why waste > space on this? > > My suggestion: This area should be reserved for applications that are > *not* already on the launcher (unless you type in search keywords; > that's another story). See also Bug #752908: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/752908 > > 2. Dash Scrollbar Nuance > When looking at any default lens, where there are three rows of icons > (Most Frequently Used / Installed / Available for Download, or Recent / > Downloads / Favorite Folders), there is a tiny amount of scrolling. > Scrolling doesn't even reveal much of anything. > > My suggestion: Eliminate scrolling in this case for the sake of polish. > > 3. Shortcuts Dash Needs Some Love > Eight simple, massive icons are there now: Media Apps, Internet Apps, > More Apps, Find Files. Then beneath that, your default Browser, Photo > app, Email app, and Media Player. > > I'm not sure what to do here. For starters I skip straight over Media & > Internet apps and go for More Apps. Meanwhile, this and the Find Files > lens are both duplicated on the Launcher itself. Which one should I get > used to clicking? Remember when the Ubuntu devs complained that there > were three different ways to shutdown Ubuntu from the GUI? > > 4. Easier Category Access > If you're accessing your programs via mouse, it's difficult to look up a > specific category of applications. It takes 3 clicks to get to a list of > all applications. It takes four to five clicks to get a list of all > applications in a specific category. In contrast, the old Gnome 2 > behavior allowed you to click the Applications menu and then mouse-over > the rest of the way to the program you want. KDE 4's menu even allows > you to mouse-over most of the way to the application you're looking for. > Gnome 3 *should* allow mouse-over to get to the applications view, but > to be fair, you don't have to click to get to the Activities view in > Gnome 3. > > My suggestion: once you navigate your way into the Applications lens, > have a vertical list of all application categories on the left side, > with an arrow indicating which category you're currently looking at. > Allow clicking or delayed mouse-over to switch categories. Get rid of > the drop-down in the search box. > > 5. Quick Access to Software Center > Assuming a user -- deliberately or accidentally -- removes the pinned > Software Center launcher, how does one know where to download new > software? The integration so far into the Dash is a step in the right > direction, but I'd like to add just one tiny tweak. > > My suggestion: In the Applications lens, add a general link to the > Software Center in the Available for Download section. > > A mockup for 1, 2, 4, and 5 can be found at the URL below: > http://i.imgur.com/SdLMT.jpg > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
