[Ayatana] An idea for the Unity dash

["a.grandi@xxxxxxxxx" <a.grandi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

this morning I had an idea about the Unity dash. I didn't prepare any
mockups, because it's not an idea about how it is designed but how it
could appear.
Actually the user press the "Super" button and the dash window
appears, covering/shadowing what is below it.

My idea is to make it appear just like the Android notifications: a
panel scrolling from the top to bottom.

In this way we could be ready if "someday" anyone decide to adapt
Unity UI for a tablet experience. Yes.. my dream is to have a UI that
can be used on tablet too and Unity is not so far.
It just needs some adaptations like this that don't compromise the
desktop experience and can be used on a toouch screen too.

Imagine infact to run the actual Unity on a tablet: how do you make
the dash appear? You can't (unless you bind the "Super" key to an
hardware button).
Being able to scroll down the top bar, you could make it visible.

I hope you enjoy this idea. If not, don't worry, I will think to
something else :)

p.s: I'm also thinking about how to adapt the Unity launcher for
tablet UI, don't worry ;)

Regards,

-- 
Andrea Grandi - Nokia Qt Ambassador
website: http://www.andreagrandi.it