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[Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

some of this is already being looked at:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/885738
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> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:14:53 +1000 
> From: james.g.jenner@xxxxxxxxx 
> To: joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx 
> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Lots of mockups, but what is the problem you're  
> trying to solve? 
>  
>  
> On 13 November 2011 03:14, Jo-Erlend Schinstad  
> <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>>  
> wrote: 
> As I see it, those 8 buttons on the dash should be replaced. With what?  
> The most used items from each section of the most used _private_  
> scopes. That is to say, it's ok to display music I have on my disk, but  
> not music from music stores. 
>  
> IMHO the best default option for standard users would be to replace the  
> current options with: 
>  
> * a row of the most commonly used programs 
> * a row of the most recently used documents 
> * a row of the most recently used multimedia 
>  
> Only question mark for both is should they be commonly used or recently  
> used. Also an option to remove an entry is important. 
>  
> However for power users I think an option to allow users to choose what  
> to display. Some may like it split and configurable, like a row grouped  
> for music, source code, documents, etc. 
>  
> What other issues are there? There are a few, but those are not design  
> issues, as far as I can see. I think keyboard shortcuts is _the_ thing  
> to solve. Tab should not switch between lenses. It is very inconsistent  
> with all other GUIs I've ever used, or at least that I can remember.  
> Ctrl+tab should be used for that and ctrl+shift+tab to switch in the  
> opposite direction. Tab should be used to switch from the search field  
> to the sections and between them. Alt+num/char (1 to m) should be used  
> as direct accessor for items. I'm so tired at seeing these icons and  
> not be able to access them. I mean, I can run wesnoth about as quickly  
> as I can decide to play. In the lenses, I spend lots of time just  
> accessing things. It's annoying. 
>  
> Agree totally about tab. Using tab is so wrong, and breaks the  
> conventional usage of tab. I don't see many design issues, most of them  
> are purely preference. I would like to see the lens selection at the  
> top and not the bottom, as I feel it should be closer to where your  
> mouse is when you open the launcher with the mouse, but it's not a big  
> issue. 
>  
> Visually, and otherwise technically, I really like the current way the  
> lenses look and feels. If it was up to me, I wouldn't change much. But  
> it isn't, so don't worry :) 
>  
> Funnily enough I kinda agree, however I find I never use the first set  
> of 8 icons, I tend to either use an icon in the launcher or a different  
> lens, generally the application or file one. 
>  
> Cheers, 
> James. 
>  
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