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[Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think what supernova is trying to say is that he would like dash to become another alternative to apps like "gnome-do or synapse".

here is a list of features of synapse:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/synapse-gnome-do-launcher-app-review-ubuntu/

They already do a lot of similar things, so i think in the long run it could become a substitute.

> Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:19:09 +0100
> From: supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx
> To: isantop@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] "run command" in Dash
> 
> > Integrating the Atl+F2 functionality into the Dash because you want to
> > access applications faster is a bad idea. Just use the Dash.
> I don't think so, maybe it's only my opinion. The final use of dash or
> ALT+F2 is always running application associated to files. In firefox
> files are on the web and you only see them. In the case of gedit i'll
> write "gedit /home/Supernova/gnufile.txt" and the game is done...where
> is the difference?
> There is no ambiguity, nobody could be wrong. The only problem could
> born if somebody wouldn't know this possible use of the dash.
> 
> I think that power user could say:-Wow! This is a power Dash!-
> 
> Supernova
> 
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