One could argue that the current system looks bad in Gnome 2 as well, like it does on "that other OS!"
In all seriousness, I think a Wine lens is definitely the way to go. The new APIs in 11.10 should make it relatively easy to get a scope and lens up and running. On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 02:43, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am thinking through bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/** > unity-lens-applications/+bug/**753276<https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-lens-applications/+bug/753276>"Currently > no way to find wine apps in dash other than searching them from > search bar", and I think it would be helpful with some good suggestions on > the matter. > > Disclaimer: I am not gonna be the one who makes the final call on the > solution, that will be up to the design team. This is just a brain storm. > > Problem statement: Wine likes to install apps in a deeply nested hierarchy > of folders (because that's like it works on Windows, I assume). Behold this > beauty for instance https://launchpadlibrarian.** > net/71484404/looks-bad-in-**unity.png<https://launchpadlibrarian.net/71484404/looks-bad-in-unity.png>. > This maps poorly to the Unity UX because the apps lens uses a flat system > for the filters. Factoring in that the Wine launchers are named generically > because they are assumed to be read in the context of the entire path to > their location, we start getting hits on "README" and "Uninstall" and > suchlikes in Unity. Eeek! ;-) It'll be helpful if you read the bug report as > well. > > Implementing nested browsing of folders in the apps lens is the obvious > solution, but that also breaks horribly with the current user experience. So > the question is not "how can we make it like it was in Gnome2", but "how > can we get the best UX with the Unity UI language?". > > Pasting my own (only) idea from the bug: ... to not include Wine apps in > the apps lens, but write a dedicated lens for Wine apps. Each app could then > live in its' own category, bundling all related launchers in that category. > Living in a dedicated lens gives much more wiggle room for custom layout and > interactions. It still doesn't entirely solve the problem in the global dash > search though, where you'd end up with hits in the odd launchers... > > Cheers, > Mikkel > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : > https://help.launchpad.net/**ListHelp<https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > -- Ian Santopietro *Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html* "Eala Earendel enlga beorohtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended" Pa gur yv y porthaur? Public GPG key (RSA): http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x412F52DB1BBF1234
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