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[shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>]

One fairly simple (I assume) solution would be to populate the "Home" lens
with applications by default but as applications are used, they are
re-ordered by recently/frequently used?

This may, of course, cause confusion to new users if they do not fully
understand that behaviour.

2012/3/23 Michel Memeteau - Société Ekimia <contact@xxxxxxxxx>

> Hi all,
>
> this is my first message on this list, please be kind if what i report
> has already been discussed millions times, I dig a bit the archives
> though.
>
>
> I opened a bug which i thought would be quickly flagged as duplicate
> although I couldn't find other bug describing my feelings :
>
>
> The title is ""Unity in 12.04 is impossible to use by a newbie because
> of the empty Dash at start""
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/962265/
>
>
> I sell laptops and desktops with ubuntu preinstalled to "classic
> users" who seek with my offers a good start in a world away from
> Windows (mainly), from the start of Unity , it was difficult to use it
> because they didn't understand where to find the applications and
> where they were stored.
>
> But in 12.04 it seems a choice was done which will make their
> understanding even more difficult :  Where a user click on the ubuntu
> Icon in order to launch an application, an empty page is presented,
> it's not obvious for him that he needs to click with his mouse on the
> icons on the bottom to find his applications.
>
>
> I know my bug is incomplete as I didn't draw a sketch to propose
> something new for this welcome dash, but I would like before to have
> your feelings on this :
>
> - Do you plan to release 12.04 with this empety dash ?
> - don't you think the categories of apps ( or all the apps ) should be
> accessible in fewer clicks for newbies ?
>
>
> Thanks for making the word better with ubuntu !
>
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