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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

I thought that the top actions do things in the application while the bottom
actions do things in Unity or the System. Clicking on the application name
is the same as clicking on the icon itself.

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:26, Alex Lourie <djay.il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I'm risking here to beat an already dead horse, but here it is: I've just
> updated my VirtualBox installation of Oneiric, and I have an issue with the
> Unity launcher items. When right-clicking on any item, the menu shows the
> following options:
>
> <some action...>
> <some action...>
> <some action...>
> ___________________
>
> < Application Name >   ( Unclickable )
>
> ___________________
>
> <some action...>
> <some action...>
>
> For example, in the attached screenshot we can see that for Chromium I can
> open new windows with different options, then the name "Chromium Web
> Browser", and then "Remove from launcher" action. I believe that this is a
> bad design, and some action is required:
>
> 1. It is possible to move "Chromium Web Browser" to the top of the list.
> 2. It is possible to move "Chromium Web Browser" to the top of the list and
> make its appearance notably different than the rest of the actions.
> 3. It is possible to make "Chromium Web Browser" to appear notably
> different than the rest of the actions, for example to be detached
> completely from the list.
>
> I think that the current behaviour is quite confusing, especially for new
> users and I'll be glad for any feedback on this.
>
>
>
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