"(a small config customization)"... Considering that Ubuntu is focused on desktop newbie users, your custimisation would not be available to the majority of the users.
Anyway, I would suggest that a setting should be provided and the user can select whether an ascending or a descending menu should be shown. -- most used application should be in descending order. https://launchpad.net/bugs/25728 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs