I already created a Launchpad Bug for this. https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/921322
regards, Marco Am 23.02.2012 00:50, schrieb Evan Huus: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad > <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com <mailto:joerlend.schins...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > In lenses, it is not obvious what the filters do, if anything at > all. It might be understood as the search phrase being the filter > and that the results are the Filter results. From my testing, I > don't think I've seen any user clicking on that text in order to > display the filters. In order to make it easier for new-comers to > explore and learn how things work, I propose the following; > > Filters should be displayed by default. That way, when the user > first explores the system, he or she will immediately know what > the filters do and that there are different filters for different > lenses. This is important knowledge. > > The header should not only display "Filter results", but should > also display a smaller "show" or "hide" the same way that > categories do when you can show more results. This will make it > more obvious what filters are and how to show or hide them. > > Some users prefer to browse applications by category. Those who > do, should see the categories by default, and those who don't > should understand how to hide them. It should not be necessary to > keep displaying the categories every time you open the > applications lens. Since the filters are displayed by default, if > they are hidden, that means the user has understood how to show or > hide them. Therefore, the visibility of the filters should be > remembered forever on a per-lens basis. Having to repeat the same > task over and over for no obvious reason, is very annoying. As > long as the situation doesn't change, I should not be required to > perform actions. > > Whether or not the selections in the filters pane should be > remembered, I don't know. Whereas the filters visibility affects > your general workflow, the actual filter selection is probably > more temporary. If I open the calculator once, I'm not sure that > means Accessories is an important enough category to require me to > unselect it the next time I want to run something. For these > reasons, I think I'd probably prefer that filter visibility is > remembered forever, but the actual filter state be forgotten when > the dash is closed. > > Thoughts? > > -- > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > > Reasonable, well-justified and simple suggestions. > > +1 > > Evan > >
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