How you will access applications in Unity - Meet Applications Place

In a discussion on the Ayatana mailing list about implementing a simpler-way to view and install applications, Ubuntu UX member David Siegel shared a frustratingly tantalising tid-bit: -

“This looks very similar to the Applications Place, coming to an Ubuntu Netbook near you in 10.10 ;)”

Attached was the following mock-up: -

The mock-up shows ‘Applications Place’ on the Unity desktop and demonstrates how users of Unity will access installed applications. For anyone testing Unity as of now will be aware that a method for doing so isn’t currently implemented.

It looks exciting from the mock-up (if a bit overly-complex) but for my first glimpse of Unity’s ‘Dash’, I am expecting great things. Thoughts?

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Meet Dash - DanRabbits awesome new project: an entirely new file browser!

Sick and tired of seeing awesome Nautilus mock-ups that you know won't ever get made? Well so was one of the best designers FOSS has (and perennial OMG! fave) DanRabbit. So much so that instead of crafting a pretty mock-up for us to drool and sate over he's started a whole new file manager project instead! Dash File Browser Before you get too carried away there isn't actually much to see yet, and there's even less to play with. That said this is an application and not a mock-up. We recommend keeping an eye on this one as it develops.

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