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[Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/23/2012 07:37 PM, shane lee wrote:
> I'm not keen on pinning to dash.
> The launcher is surely enough?
> Is the average user really going to be using that many apps that regularly?
>
> I think the pinning should stay on the launcher but allow creation of
> folders much like OS X, as mentioned before and Android.
>
> Dragging one application onto another in the launcher would create a folder.
> Users should also be able to drag more applications from the dash into
> that folder.
>
> On my Android phone, my home screen is made of of folders sorted into
> categories, rather than individual apps and it works much better like
> that for me.
>
> On 24 May 2012 01:09, Nekhelesh<krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> > I actually like the idea of creating a new category in the dash home. Let's
> > imagine a common work scenario where a user uses a certain file frequently.
> > It would be nice if this file can be pinned to the dash home under a new
> > category. This feature can be compared to starred emails in gmail where you
> > basically star an email because it is important and can be accessed for
> > future reference. In addition to the proposal made by Ryan Guager, I would
> > like the ability to pin anything in the dash (files, folders, pictures,
> > videos, applications) in a new category.
> >
> > The items under the starred category are present until removed by the user.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > On Thu 24 May 2012 01:04:10 AM CEST, cmaglothin wrote:
> > > Would this be the equivalent of pinning a folder to the launcher in OS
> > > X? Say, one could pin a group of apps or a folder of files to the
> > > launcher, and when clicked, it would open a custom lens or something
> > > of that sort in the dash, showing all of the files/apps that are
> > > pinned there. Using this solution, there is less clutter in both the
> > > launcher and in the dash.
> > >
> > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:55 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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> > >     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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I agree, I do like the idea of the folders like in OS X.