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[Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another potential would be to have the dash initial view show large 
icons for other lenses, followed by small icons for each of the 
application categories.

The application categories would address the bugbear of some users who 
transition from gnome 2 in that opening applications by category (as in 
the old style gnome 2 menu) using the mouse now requires the user to 
click the dash, click the applications lense, click filter results, 
click the category they want to view and then click the application (5 
clicks compared to the old style menu of 2 clicks). If the categories 
were shown on the dash it would reduce this to 3 clicks (dash > category 
> application)

Thoughts?
Matt

On 21/10/11 10:59, Matt Richardson wrote:
> With the inclusion of the Applications and Files lenses in the dash, 
> the two buttons "More Apps" and "Find Files" on the initial view of 
> the dash are somewhat redundant.
>
> Perhaps a better use of these buttons would be "Office Apps" and 
> "Settings", with each behaving similar to the "Media Apps" or 
> "Internet Apps" buttons.
>
> This would make it easier for new users to find commonly used software 
> (office) and find how to change settings.
>
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