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[Josh Strawbridge <holyknightjoshua@xxxxxxxxx>]

granted having it listed like a section on the front page of a dash seems a
bit odd since it would be the first the you see but if users are going to
have to install lenses even simply through the software center it's probably
a good thing to let them know that they're called lenses.

i personally wouldn't want his design as the front page of the dash. i don't
think it's a bad design. it has it's merits if you make use of various
lenses.
i just wouldn't want it because it wouldn't be any more immediately useful
than the current design. it's still a set of buttons that lead to other
parts of the dash.
plus, i've seen maybe 10 lenses that i know are currently available but none
that i'd actually use. so for me and users like me it would turn our front
dash page into a search bar and two buttons for applications and
file&folders.

it'd be nice to see options for your various lenses without bringing up a
"lenses" section.
i'd prefer a small row of icons right under the search bar maybe showing
quick lens commands. such as typing "y,w nyan cat" to search for "nyan cat"
with both youtube and wikipedia lenses.

it would be nice for new users to have a lenses section available somewhere
in the dash instead of having them forced into your launcher.