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[Michael Hall <mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/25/2012 07:40 AM, Adrian Maier wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 00:04, Michael Hall<mhall119@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > 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.
>
> In Windows7  (or possibly Vista)   they've added search in the Start
> menu  .  It's very handy . But they didn't remove the possibility to
> navigate the apps folders.
Windows 7 is also restricted to locally-installed applications.  It 
wouldn't work very well if it had to handle applications available for 
install, or online applications, or applications installed on removable 
media, or any number of other ways that a user might want to access 
their programs.


> > What you want is a way to browse installed applications, not find specific
> > applications.  This isn't what the Dash is designed for.
>
> This doesn't change the fact that Unity is currently missing a
> "component for browsing the applications ".
>
> The first step would be to see that the need for such a feature is at
> least acknowledged.
I will acknowledge that there is a desire, but I don't think there is 
necessarily a need.  I agree that a search for "game" should show all 
games, and likewise with any other menu category.

> > 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.
>
>
> I did some more research , and it turns out that there are already
> some unofficial solutions :
> cardapio ,    clasicmenu-indicator ,    bliss .
Great, you can use one of those then.  I still don't think we should 
make changes to the nature of the Dash to accommodate this.

Michael Hall
mhall119@xxxxxxxxxx