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[Michel Memeteau - Société Ekimia <contact@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi , Sorry that I don't have time to propose another option than the
current empty Dash.

I'm really worried as time pass :


- is there any solution which will be implemented for guiding the user from
the empty dash ?

- Is the plan to leave the Dash as is ?

Thanks

2012/3/23 shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>

> Exactly.  Take the video lens for example.
> Without searching or having any videos stored on my 12.04 install, I have
> videos listed from the various sources.
> With the filter closed and nothing shown I might have no idea what that
> lens does and that goes for the Home lens.
> Since there is nothing shown by default and nothing to even indicate what
> should or will be shown, what is a new user to think?
>
>
> On 23 March 2012 13:00, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>  Yea I talked before about empty lenses.
>>
>> If possible all lenses must have some content, examples or instructions
>> by default.
>>
>> populated could be:
>>
>> [photo manager] [mail client] [music player] [help] [backup] ...
>>
>> people will at least know they are there. And the ones used more
>> frequently that are not in the launcher stay there.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:56:20 +0000
>> From: shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: contact@xxxxxxxxx
>> CC: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Unity-design] About the Welcome page of the Dash.
>>
>> 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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