Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
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Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#2I have been using Ubuntu since before Unity (when this 'dash' thing arrived) and I don't think I have ever used the dash.
If I need to find a file or something on the internets I am more likely to think 'I must use Gopher for this!!!' than I am ever to think of using 'Ubuntu dash'. It is one of those helpful creations like the F1 key that is a great idea in theory but not used in practice.
In some way they have managed 'brand awareness' with the dash debacle, inevitably it was always going to fall by the wayside though. Command line tools like 'find' and 'grep' are always going to be vastly superior to these WysiWyg contraptions.
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#3I have been using Ubuntu since before Unity (when this 'dash' thing arrived) and I don't think I have ever used the dash. If I need to find a file or something on the internets I am more likely to think 'I must use Gopher for this!!!' than I am ever to think of using 'Ubuntu dash'. It is one of those helpful creations like the F1 key that is a great idea in theory but not used in practice. In some way they have manag…
'find' and 'grep' don't work on your Google Drive docs though
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#4Not before time! I would occasionally use it in the Windows style "start typing the app name" use case and it was annoying enough that it seemed to prioritize the online searches making you wait for a couple of seconds before it showed the local results, but it would also often bring up weird matches for adult content too!
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#5I have been using Ubuntu since before Unity (when this 'dash' thing arrived) and I don't think I have ever used the dash. If I need to find a file or something on the internets I am more likely to think 'I must use Gopher for this!!!' than I am ever to think of using 'Ubuntu dash'. It is one of those helpful creations like the F1 key that is a great idea in theory but not used in practice. In some way they have manag…
'find' and 'grep' don't work on your Google Drive docs though
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Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#6I have been using Ubuntu since before Unity (when this 'dash' thing arrived) and I don't think I have ever used the dash. If I need to find a file or something on the internets I am more likely to think 'I must use Gopher for this!!!' than I am ever to think of using 'Ubuntu dash'. It is one of those helpful creations like the F1 key that is a great idea in theory but not used in practice. In some way they have manag…
'find' and 'grep' don't work on your Google Drive docs though
They do if you export it through a synthetic file system interface.
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#7Yay! I often wondered if anyone used all those janky Canonical features they keep trying to stuff into Ubuntu.
I guess it's hard to not try and become like MSFT, even if most of your customers use your product because it's NOT from MSFT...
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#8They might as well remove it altogether...
Btw, when it's Canonical going to announce that they will stop developing Ubuntu Phone? The writing has been in the wall for months and with Mozilla's recent announcement I believe it's just a matter of time. I think the vast majority of the mobile OS market has just moved on and is pretty ok with the two most popular OS options.
I kind of feel sorry for Ubuntu[1] and Linux[2] in general, they never had a firm foot in the desktop (market share-wise) and then this tectonic shift happens where everything goes mobile, a market where they aren't even a player, and to add insult to injury people stop caring enough about the desktop to even consider changing their OS to Linux in the first place.
1. I say this as a long time Linux user.
2. I know android is a modified version of Linux but here I use it as it has been traditionally understood in the desktop space.
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#9I have been using Ubuntu since before Unity (when this 'dash' thing arrived) and I don't think I have ever used the dash. If I need to find a file or something on the internets I am more likely to think 'I must use Gopher for this!!!' than I am ever to think of using 'Ubuntu dash'. It is one of those helpful creations like the F1 key that is a great idea in theory but not used in practice. In some way they have manag…
I have a backup laptop which spends almost all of its time in a closet. It's got Ubuntu 15.04 and the default stuff, dash included, because I didn't want to spend time to customize it.
I use the dash it as I use Alt-F2 on my main laptop (a gnome flashback install): I type the first characters of the program to run and that's it. I do it maybe once or twice per day, usually the few desktop applications I need are open all the time, included a fair number of terminals. It didn't seem to be particularly good at finding files but maybe it needs time to scan the disk and I gave it very little of it (time). locate seems to work better and it's more convenient as it can be grepped and parsed.
Re: Ubuntu 16.04 – Online searches in the dash to be off by default
#10They might as well remove it altogether... Btw, when it's Canonical going to announce that they will stop developing Ubuntu Phone? The writing has been in the wall for months and with Mozilla's recent announcement I believe it's just a matter of time. I think the vast majority of the mobile OS market has just moved on and is pretty ok with the two most popular OS options. I kind of feel sorry for Ubuntu[1] and Linux[…
I've seen a few comments over the last few days speculating about us halting development on Ubuntu phone. Nothing could be further from the truth. The software development continues apace, and more devices and more ports to existing devices on the way next year.