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[nick rundy <nrundy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, which is why PageUp/PageDown functionality should be added to the Dash---for browsing installed applications.

> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:04:27 -0500
> From: mhall119@xxxxxxxxx
> To: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Some impressions about the current status of	Unity
> 
> The Dash is more like a search engine than a directory listing.  Think 
> of it like Google.  You don't go to Google for a list of websites by 
> category.
> 
> What you want is a way to browse installed applications, not find 
> specific applications.  This isn't what the Dash is designed for.
> 
> Perhaps it would be better to discuss providing a different method of 
> browsing applications, rather than trying to change the nature of the 
> Dash to make it behave like something it isn't.
> 
> Michael Hall
> mhall119@xxxxxxxxx
> 
> On 02/22/2012 10:33 AM, Adrian Maier wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 17:12, Omar B.<estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >> Here is the bug report for people who want alternative views in lenses for
> >> better browsing (like list view):
> >>
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-lens-applications/+bug/741014
> >
> > This bug is only about having a different , more compact , presentation.
> > But it says nothing about an efficient category-based navigation.
> >
> >
> >
> 
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