Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ryan Gauger
On 05/23/2012 07:37 PM, shane lee wrote: I'm not keen on pinning to dash. The launcher is surely enough? Is the average user really going to be using that many apps that regularly? I think the pinning should stay on the launcher but allow creation of folders much like OS X, as mentioned before a

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread shane lee
I'm not keen on pinning to dash. The launcher is surely enough? Is the average user really going to be using that many apps that regularly? I think the pinning should stay on the launcher but allow creation of folders much like OS X, as mentioned before and Android. Dragging one application onto

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ryan Gauger
On 05/23/2012 07:09 PM, Nekhelesh wrote: I actually like the idea of creating a new category in the dash home. Let's imagine a common work scenario where a user uses a certain file frequently. It would be nice if this file can be pinned to the dash home under a new category. This feature can be

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ryan Gauger
On 05/23/2012 06:04 PM, cmaglothin wrote: Would this be the equivalent of pinning a folder to the launcher in OS X? Say, one could pin a group of apps or a folder of files to the launcher, and when clicked, it would open a custom lens or something of that sort in the dash, showing all of the fi

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ryan Gauger
On 05/23/2012 06:01 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote: But what happens when there comes to be too many icons pinned to the dash to be able to find them quickly? On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Ryan Gauger > wrote: On 05/23/2012 05:53 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote: What

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Nekhelesh
I actually like the idea of creating a new category in the dash home. Let's imagine a common work scenario where a user uses a certain file frequently. It would be nice if this file can be pinned to the dash home under a new category. This feature can be compared to starred emails in gmail wher

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread cmaglothin
Would this be the equivalent of pinning a folder to the launcher in OS X? Say, one could pin a group of apps or a folder of files to the launcher, and when clicked, it would open a custom lens or something of that sort in the dash, showing all of the files/apps that are pinned there. Using this sol

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ian Santopietro
But what happens when there comes to be too many icons pinned to the dash to be able to find them quickly? On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Ryan Gauger wrote: > On 05/23/2012 05:53 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote: > > What would be the benefit over simply pinning to the launcher? > > On Wed, May 23,

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ryan Gauger
On 05/23/2012 05:53 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote: What would be the benefit over simply pinning to the launcher? On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Ryan Gauger > wrote: Team, I hope everybody is having a good week. I have an idea. My idea is, we could add an op

Re: [Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ian Santopietro
What would be the benefit over simply pinning to the launcher? On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Ryan Gauger wrote: > Team, > > I hope everybody is having a good week. I have an idea. My idea is, we > could add an option on a right-click of an icon in Dash that will pin it to > the Dash home. Thi

[Unity-design] Pin to Dash Option

2012-05-23 Thread Ryan Gauger
Team, I hope everybody is having a good week. I have an idea. My idea is, we could add an option on a right-click of an icon in Dash that will pin it to the Dash home. This could be done by adding a section above recent apps, maybe titled "Pinned Apps"? Opinions are needed... Thanks! -- Mail