Re: [Ayatana] Integrating Application Search & Install

[David Siegel <david.siegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tried GNOME Do? ;)

But seriously, FAYT ("Find as you type") is a simple and powerful user
interface idea that we've been slow to adopt, and I would love to
explore these ideas further and find ways to improve Ubuntu with
find-as-you-type features.

Frederik, I don't see Application Search in my accessories menu, but
if you've found in there it should be very easy to place it in the
top-level applications menu. It would be a great project to improve
this dialog and merge it with the many different Open With... dialog
implementations to introduce FAYT to users.

David

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 2:05 AM, Frederik Nnaji
<frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is anybody currently working on integrating a FAYT aka FAST text
> search button/field featuring the incremental search algorithm used in
> the Run Application dialog into the Applications menu already??
>
> right now, Application Search is hidden under Applications > Accessories .
> i would like to see it above the 8 categories.
>
> One could also argue, Ubuntu Software Center should be merged with it.
>
> in that FAYT text search button / field one could integrate
> application and file search in one.
> i think with the right hierarchy and inheritance of topic in an
> interactive dialog resulting from a query in that field, one could
> already access tagged files, folders and such information.
>
> this would help with integrating Ubuntu's current status with the
> backend power and comfort of use GNOME Activity Journal offers.
> is there a simple way of modifying some script or .desktop files to
> achieve this on my own here?
>
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