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[Bryan Quigley <bryan.quigley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: unity-2d (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Invalid

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Title:
  race condition in dash text search penalizes fast typers

Status in unity-2d package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I don't know if this is a general unity issue or specific to unity 2d;
  I use unity 2d so I'm filing it here initially.

  When I do a text search in the dash for an application, the results I
  get are dependent on how long I wait before hitting enter.  If I type
  'mumb', this maps uniquely to the 'mumble' program on my system, so
  ought to always launch this program.  However, if I launched some
  other related application, such as skype or ekiga, more recently than
  the last time I launched mumble, this most-recently-launched
  application comes up first and only after a moment is it replaced in
  the search results by mumble.  So if I hit enter too soon, I get an
  application whose name does not match the one I've searched for.

  The outcome of a text-based search should not be dependent on a race
  condition between my fingers and the search algorithm.  The Enter
  should not be processed by the dash until the search results have
  settled.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: unity-2d 4.12.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-3.3-generic 3.1.0
  Uname: Linux 3.1.0-3-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Nov  7 11:22:23 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: unity-2d
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (44 days ago)

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