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[Colin Law <clanlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22 April 2012 19:33, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> We can certainly improve the interaction design of the dash. This
> proposal has a number of issues, however:
>
>  * it promotes categories alphabetically, which is arbitrary
>  * it would hide search results in "lower" categories even if they were
> more relevant than results in "higher" categories
>
> So, let's keep the discussion open, but focus on generating a breadth of
> ideas rather than refining this one.

I think it would help if in the existing Application Lens the Filter
defaulted to visible rather than hidden.  An inexperienced user can
easily miss the fact that the filter is even available, and even if he
notices the Filter Results link he may well not realise that this will
allow selection by category.  If it defaulted to visible then at least
he would know it was there.  Currently the visible/invisible state
does not persist over logout, which I suggest would be a useful
feature.

Colin