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[Pablo Quirós <mr.polmac@xxxxxxxxx>]

I posted the same idea in the Ubuntu forums; I think the search shold show
the results just like now, but highlighting one of them, that will be
launched if the user presses enter. This would make it really useful and
fast for the user.

And if it was like Gnome-Do, that learns from past user selections, it would
really be great. In fact, maybe some code of Gnome-Do or similar
applications could be used there.


2011/3/10 Anthony Hook <anthony.hook3@xxxxxxxxx>

> I have an idea for functionality of the new Unity menu (Ubuntu button
> menu), when searching for an application/file to launch/open
>
> I don't mean to compare the awesome searching/launching functionality of
> Unity's search to similar searching as done in Gnome-Do, but I find myself
> trying to press 'Enter' trying to launch the first item when I do a search
> for an application, to no avail.
>
> For instance, when trying to find the application "Hydrogen", it's quite
> easy to:
>
> [Super]hydro (as seen http://anthonyrhook.com/ubuntu/unitylaunch.png)
>
> and seeing it at the top of the list, assume 'Enter' would launch it.  I'm
> not sure what other issues this may cause, as I would guess the first entry
> would have to be auto-highlighted for it to be launched/opened/etc.  Any
> other thoughts on this?  Perhaps it's been discussed and I'm late to the
> conversation, too.
>
> --
> - Anthony Hook
>
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