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Public bug reported:

Launching an application that you don't have locked on the launcher  is
extremely painful. And we don't want to fill up the launcher with dozens
of icons, right? because it would become essentially useless.

Steps to reproduce:
- click on the Dash icon on the top left of the screen
- start typing the name of the application to launch

Expected:
the list of applications that match the name should appear INSTANTLY, and keep updating INSTANTLY as you keep typing.

Observed:
it takes an insanely long time to first show a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested searches on Wikipedia.

When I type "Tortoise" in order to run TortoiseHg (which is installed on
my system), I always see the f***ing  link to the Wikipedia page for
"tortoise" (the animal) appear way before the icon of the application
appears.


There are several issues here
1) The "More suggestion" part, with suggested results from searches on the Internet, is COMPLETELY USELESS and should be removed. We already have browsers and Google for that.
2) Searching for files on the computer is obviously orders of magnitude slower than searching for an application, and hence it's totally INSANE to have both in the same search box. Running an application and searching for a file should be separate options
3) The list of applications should be cached, and/or stored more efficiently, because it's absolutely ridiculous that finding an application by its name (among no more than few dozens that one may have installed in total) takes several seconds on a fast computer, when the same search could be performed in an instant on a 10-year-old PC.
4) Searching for an application should be given the highest priority. It's ridiculous that it gets slowed down because files (and stupid internet searches) are done before, or maybe at the same time.

This is a huge step backwards in usability (which happened quite a long
ago, I know), and the most irritating thing is that this was by design.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Jan 28 21:20:34 2015
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (474 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (249 days ago)

** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty

** Description changed:

  Launching an application that you don't have locked on the launcher  is
  extremely painful. And we don't want to fill up the launcher with dozens
  of icons, right? because it would become essentially useless.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  - click on the Dash icon on the top left of the screen
  - start typing the name of the application to launch
  
  Expected:
  the list of applications that match the name should appear INSTANTLY, and keep updating INSTANTLY as you keep typing.
  
  Observed:
- it takes an unhumanly long time to first show find a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested search on Wikipedia. 
+ it takes an insanely long time to first show find a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested search on Wikipedia.
  
  There are several issues here
  1) The "More suggestion" part, with suggested results from searches on the Internet, is COMPLETELY USELESS and should be removed. We already have browsers and Google for that.
  2) Searching for files on the computer is obviously orders of magnitude slower than searching for an application, and hence it's totally INSANE to have both in the same search box. Running an application and searching for a file should be separate options
  3) The list of applications should be cached, and/or stored more efficiently, because it's absolutely ridiculous that finding an application by its name (among no more than few dozens that one may have installed in total) takes several seconds on a fast computer, when the same search could be performed in an instant on a 10-year-old PC.
  4) Searching for an application should be given the highest priority. It's ridiculous that it gets slowed down because files (and stupid internet searches) are done before, or maybe at the same time.
  
- 
- This is a huge step backwards in usability (which happened quite a long ago, I know), and the most irritating thing is that this was by design.
+ This is a huge step backwards in usability (which happened quite a long
+ ago, I know), and the most irritating thing is that this was by design.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 28 21:20:34 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (474 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (249 days ago)

** Description changed:

  Launching an application that you don't have locked on the launcher  is
  extremely painful. And we don't want to fill up the launcher with dozens
  of icons, right? because it would become essentially useless.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  - click on the Dash icon on the top left of the screen
  - start typing the name of the application to launch
  
  Expected:
  the list of applications that match the name should appear INSTANTLY, and keep updating INSTANTLY as you keep typing.
  
  Observed:
- it takes an insanely long time to first show find a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested search on Wikipedia.
+ it takes an insanely long time to first show a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested searches on Wikipedia.
  
  There are several issues here
  1) The "More suggestion" part, with suggested results from searches on the Internet, is COMPLETELY USELESS and should be removed. We already have browsers and Google for that.
  2) Searching for files on the computer is obviously orders of magnitude slower than searching for an application, and hence it's totally INSANE to have both in the same search box. Running an application and searching for a file should be separate options
  3) The list of applications should be cached, and/or stored more efficiently, because it's absolutely ridiculous that finding an application by its name (among no more than few dozens that one may have installed in total) takes several seconds on a fast computer, when the same search could be performed in an instant on a 10-year-old PC.
  4) Searching for an application should be given the highest priority. It's ridiculous that it gets slowed down because files (and stupid internet searches) are done before, or maybe at the same time.
  
  This is a huge step backwards in usability (which happened quite a long
  ago, I know), and the most irritating thing is that this was by design.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 28 21:20:34 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (474 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (249 days ago)

** Description changed:

  Launching an application that you don't have locked on the launcher  is
  extremely painful. And we don't want to fill up the launcher with dozens
  of icons, right? because it would become essentially useless.
  
  Steps to reproduce:
  - click on the Dash icon on the top left of the screen
  - start typing the name of the application to launch
  
  Expected:
  the list of applications that match the name should appear INSTANTLY, and keep updating INSTANTLY as you keep typing.
  
  Observed:
  it takes an insanely long time to first show a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested searches on Wikipedia.
+ 
+ When I type "Tortoise" in order to run TortoiseHg (which is installed on
+ my system), I always see the f***ing  link to the Wikipedia page for
+ "tortoise" (the animal) appear way before the icon of the application
+ appears.
+ 
  
  There are several issues here
  1) The "More suggestion" part, with suggested results from searches on the Internet, is COMPLETELY USELESS and should be removed. We already have browsers and Google for that.
  2) Searching for files on the computer is obviously orders of magnitude slower than searching for an application, and hence it's totally INSANE to have both in the same search box. Running an application and searching for a file should be separate options
  3) The list of applications should be cached, and/or stored more efficiently, because it's absolutely ridiculous that finding an application by its name (among no more than few dozens that one may have installed in total) takes several seconds on a fast computer, when the same search could be performed in an instant on a 10-year-old PC.
  4) Searching for an application should be given the highest priority. It's ridiculous that it gets slowed down because files (and stupid internet searches) are done before, or maybe at the same time.
  
  This is a huge step backwards in usability (which happened quite a long
  ago, I know), and the most irritating thing is that this was by design.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 28 21:20:34 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (474 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (249 days ago)

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1415637

Title:
  Finding an application to launch from Dash is ridiculously slow

Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Launching an application that you don't have locked on the launcher
  is extremely painful. And we don't want to fill up the launcher with
  dozens of icons, right? because it would become essentially useless.

  Steps to reproduce:
  - click on the Dash icon on the top left of the screen
  - start typing the name of the application to launch

  Expected:
  the list of applications that match the name should appear INSTANTLY, and keep updating INSTANTLY as you keep typing.

  Observed:
  it takes an insanely long time to first show a bunch of results of files in your computer, and then PURE GARBAGE such as suggested searches on Wikipedia.

  When I type "Tortoise" in order to run TortoiseHg (which is installed
  on my system), I always see the f***ing  link to the Wikipedia page
  for "tortoise" (the animal) appear way before the icon of the
  application appears.

  
  There are several issues here
  1) The "More suggestion" part, with suggested results from searches on the Internet, is COMPLETELY USELESS and should be removed. We already have browsers and Google for that.
  2) Searching for files on the computer is obviously orders of magnitude slower than searching for an application, and hence it's totally INSANE to have both in the same search box. Running an application and searching for a file should be separate options
  3) The list of applications should be cached, and/or stored more efficiently, because it's absolutely ridiculous that finding an application by its name (among no more than few dozens that one may have installed in total) takes several seconds on a fast computer, when the same search could be performed in an instant on a 10-year-old PC.
  4) Searching for an application should be given the highest priority. It's ridiculous that it gets slowed down because files (and stupid internet searches) are done before, or maybe at the same time.

  This is a huge step backwards in usability (which happened quite a
  long ago, I know), and the most irritating thing is that this was by
  design.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: unity 7.2.3+14.04.20140826-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 28 21:20:34 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (474 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-05-24 (249 days ago)

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