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[Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/02/12 14:57, Evan Huus wrote:
> At the moment, empty launcher space has no interactions at all. I 
> recall from an earlier discussion (when it was suggested to add a 
> 'Settings' to the quicklist of empty launcher space) that this was a 
> design choice, that empty space shouldn't have any interactions. I 
> can't find the discussion at the moment, but perhaps someone else 
> could confirm this.
ok, this just felt to me like where I would go looking for the option, 
but fine, put it somewhere else. I just think there should be a simple 
and discoverable way to add a launcher icon. I don't really like 
alacarte as a method, it is not installed by default, it is not 
discoverable and it kind of rubs in that we don't have an organised menu 
of applications any more - plus you do the alacarte thing, it adds an 
icon to the apps lens somewhere in with the 200 other icons in there, 
you then have to search for it and then drag it to the launcher (or run 
it and right click and lock to the launcher which actually works now 
there is a .desktop file). This is a long process, even if there is a 
gui to do it. I don't really start out thinking I want an icon in the 
apps lens, what I want is an icon on the launcher, what I really don't 
start out thinking is that I need to edit my gnome menu options. The 
relationship between the old gnome menu and the apps lens really isn't 
there for most people, you have to know what is going on under the hood 
to have any notion that they are related.

Alan.

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