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[Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/23/2012 06:01 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote:
> But what happens when there comes to be too many icons pinned to the 
> dash to be able to find them quickly?
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:55 PM, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     On 05/23/2012 05:53 PM, Ian Santopietro wrote:
> >     What would be the benefit over simply pinning to the launcher?
> >
> >     On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >         Team,
> >
> >         I hope everybody is having a good week. I have an idea. My
> >         idea is, we could add an option on a right-click of an icon
> >         in Dash that will pin it to the Dash home. This could be done
> >         by adding a section above recent apps, maybe titled "Pinned
> >         Apps"? Opinions are needed... Thanks!
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> >     Ian Santopietro
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>     I am a huge fan of pinning icons to the launcher, so I have a lot
>     of them. Sometimes, it is hard to get to them quickly though. The
>     benefit users would get from pinning to the Dash is that users
>     could pin a lot of icons to the Dash, and quickly find them while
>     inside Dash.
>
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> Ian Santopietro
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> "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast
>  Ofer middangeard monnum sended"
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> Pa gur yv y porthaur?
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> <http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234>
That would seem to be an issue too - but it takes more icons to clutter 
the Dash with too many icons than it does the Launcher.