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["Gauger, Ryan" <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/20/2011 03:24 AM, staticd wrote:
> 1)The latest dash (with 11.10) has a list of lenses at the bottom-
> center.
> The icons for each lens(home, apps, files, music)are kinda small and non
> obvious as to their purpose.
> IMHO, both novices and experienced users will find it more useful if the
> lens buttons were accompanied by a name and were above the search bar
> (minimum mouse movement from clicking the dash button, visually
> obvious).
>
>                                            | [icon]Home | [icon]Apps |
> [icon] FIles&Folders | [Icon] Music|
> |Search bar|
>
> 2)New users tend to browse for installed apps.
> It might be useful if the filter results list is expanded by default
> . presents a familiar/ simple method to browse.
That is a good idea. I also think that in where all applications are 
displayed in Dash, that they should still be sorted, but have all of 
them there. Attached I have a jpeg image of what this might look like. 
If you have any questions, please email me. Again, this is what I would 
like to see happen.

Attachment: unity-proposal.jpg
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