Re: [Ayatana] The dash should display recent stuff.

Subject: Re: [Ayatana] The dash should display recent stuff.

From: Josh Strawbridge <holyknightjoshua@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:36:47 -0600

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i dunno about best possible use but it is a great idea and i think it could be useful for a lot of people.

the problem that would arise for me is that my computer use is quite a bit different than that.

i don't like e-mail clients, i don't really blog (i have a few but i don't use them as much as i should), and i rarely download anything.
so unless it can open e-mail in a web browser or i actually start using my blogs i'd be 0 for 3 with those most of the time.

most of the recent stuff for me would be programs on my launcher, painting files which i'm working on or just finished, and nothing for music since that lens doesn't work with the music player i like (exaile) so it's 1 for 3 there with the default lenses and recent files aren't always useful. recent stuff from the files lens could be made much more useful if you could filter out file types from the dash home section. like i'm not likely to be opening a painting i just finished but it's likely going to be a .png file where the stuff i'm working on is going to be .ora and .xcf in order to save layer data.

i think it should probably be set up so the dash home can have a few different options as to sections to swap in and out by each user. since everyone uses their computer a bit differently i think it would be the best solution and

there wouldn't need to be that many different sections to swap in and out since most suggestions i've seen overlap a little bit.
i've made my own suggestion for it in the past but i find that i quite like https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg07146.html
it's got some interesting ideas and would be great for users who don't like launchers (i like them) and could actually even make having the option to turn off the unity launcher more viable since you aren't having to use it as the task bar anymore.

options to mix and match a few different sections based on the suggestions people have made would work quite well for everyone i think.