← Back to team overview

dx-packages team mailing list archive

[Bug 1054782] Re: Introduce World Lens vs Home Lens

 

Changed status. There's nothing incomplete about this, it's a specific
proposal with a UI mockup. It affects at least 30 folks, changing status
to confirmed.

** Changed in: unity
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

** Changed in: ayatana-design
       Status: New => Confirmed

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX
Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu.
Matching subscriptions: dx-packages
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054782

Title:
  Introduce World Lens vs Home Lens

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Confirmed
Status in Unity:
  Confirmed
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Previously the Home lens searched a "local" context on one's personal
  computer.  The shopping lens, and other lenses leverage online
  searches to provide additional potentially relevant results, but in
  cases where they integrate with the home lens they violate the
  expectation of privacy established by the previous local search
  context.  They also violate the expectation of privacy that one
  associated with a "home".

  This could be resolved by introducing the concept of a "world" lens in
  addition to a home lens, and a switch to select which is the default
  search performed in the Dash.  The "world lens" would provide online
  results, whereas the home lens would always perform local searches.

  A UI mockup of this feature is provided in "How to Fix" > "Step 2" of
  https://perot.me/ubuntu-privacy-blunder-over-amazon-ads-continues

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/1054782/+subscriptions