Thread: unity. unity. unity. Show me some examples!

i sick of hearing how unity , how many users have been asked test interface.

can gleen interface designed average user trying access social media, music , on off chance few basic tools (word processor, email).

how can interface used in production environment? example pertake of open source world , download , regularly use many many packages acheive various tasks. example have many image manipulation programs or pdf utilities.

if open dash , type 'pdf' commonly used pdf package (usually viewer) , list of recent pdf documents. want categorise , tag applications when type 'pdf' in dash packages have viewing, editing or maniplutaing pdfs in way appear.

in production environment -- collect various tools various things , don't remember package called. in old system place application in menu or submenu find them when task needed done again. how done in unity/dash? can post examples or point me type of customization explained.

work on images, photography, pdf, gis packages , programming , have package collections in each group. using xfce , menues , have played gnome-classic mode in ubuntu 11.10. here how unity/dash great , keep going try interface find spend inordinate amount of time finding applications.

not trying illicit comments whether people or dislike interface. presume ununtu developers , community developers , power users in general have same problem explaining -- want know use unity/dash , how solve problem.

help? advice?

myself use launcher & quicklists more dash applications. here create category based icons left click may more used app of category or 1 useful dnd on.
quicklists open related apps, scripts, commands or locations. advantage here it's quicker, 1 or 2 click max, apps can opened altered launch command or env if desired &the quicklist name can desired. (descriptive, whatever

real simple example basic utility launcher. in case using apps straight up, 2 scripts & 1 command. use synaptic it's left click on & doesn't open separate icon when running

these examples using new 12.04 desktop actions format

code:

[desktop entry]  version=1.0  type=application  terminal=false  exec=synaptic-pkexec  name=utilities  icon=/usr/share/icons/humanity/categories/48/applications-other.svg  actions=ccsm;dconf;htop;getup;natool;gconf;um;fquit;ss;seach;    [desktop action htop]  name=htop  exec=htop1  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action getup]  name=update sources  exec=update1  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action natool]  name=nautilus actions  exec=nautilus-actions-config-tool  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action ccsm]  name=compiz settings  exec=ccsm  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action gconf]  name=gconf editor  exec=gconf-editor  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action fquit]  name=force quit  exec=xkill  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action ss]  name=screen shots  exec=gnome-screenshot --interactive  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action seach]  name=search files  exec=gnome-search-tool  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action dconf]  name=dconf editor  exec=dconf-editor  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action um]  name=update manager  exec=/usr/bin/update-manager  targetenvironment=unity

if wish add it's add new desktop action section & add name actions= line, postion in quicklist being determined position in actions= line.
temp remove entry it's done removing action= line

example 1 here multimedia, in case use vlc it's left click on icon & dnd of files based on mimetypes= line
here i'm altering env & returning menus app's window in many cases

code:

[desktop entry]  version=1.0  type=application  terminal=false  exec=env qt_x11_no_native_menubar=1 /usr/local/bin/vlc %u  name=multimedia  icon=/usr/share/icons/humanity/categories/48/applications-multimedia.svg  mimetype=video/dv;video/mpeg;video/x-mpeg;video/msvideo;video/quicktime;video/x-anim;video/x-avi;video/x-ms-asf;video/x-ms-wmv;video/x-msvideo;video/x-nsv;video/x-flc;video/x-fli;video/x-flv;video/vnd.rn-realvideo;video/mp4;video/mp4v-es;video/mp2t;application/ogg;application/x-ogg;video/x-ogm+ogg;audio/x-vorbis+ogg;application/x-matroska;audio/x-matroska;video/x-matroska;video/webm;audio/webm;audio/x-mp3;audio/x-mpeg;audio/mpeg;audio/x-wav;audio/x-mpegurl;audio/x-scpls;audio/x-m4a;audio/x-ms-asf;audio/x-ms-asx;audio/x-ms-wax;application/vnd.rn-realmedia;audio/x-real-audio;audio/x-pn-realaudio;application/x-flac;audio/x-flac;application/x-shockwave-flash;misc/ultravox;audio/vnd.rn-realaudio;audio/x-pn-aiff;audio/x-pn-au;audio/x-pn-wav;audio/x-pn-windows-acm;image/vnd.rn-realpix;audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin;application/x-extension-mp4;audio/mp4;audio/amr;audio/amr-wb;x-content/video-vcd;x-content/video-svcd;x-content/video-dvd;x-content/audio-cdda;x-content/audio-player;application/xspf+xml;  actions=audacious;totem;gnomemplayer;mediainfo;rubyrippergui;totemxine;audacity;umplayer;mini;    [desktop action audacious]  name=audacious  exec=env ubuntu_menuproxy=0 audacious  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action totemxine]  name=totem xine media player  exec=env ubuntu_menuproxy=0 /usr/local/bin/totem-xine  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action rubyrippergui]  name=rubyripper gui  exec=rrip_gui  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action mediainfo]  name=mediainfo  exec=env ubuntu_menuproxy=0 mediainfo-gui %f   targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action gnomemplayer]  name=gnome mplayer  exec=/usr/bin/gnome-mplayer  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action totem]  name=totem  exec=totem  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action mini]  name=minitube  exec=env qt_x11_no_native_menubar=1 /usr/bin/minitube  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action audacity]  name=audacity  exec=env ubuntu_menuproxy=0 audacity  targetenvironment=unity    [desktop action umplayer]  name=umplayer  exec=env qt_x11_no_native_menubar=1 umplayer  targetenvironment=unity

thru 4 or 5 category icons apps, scripts & custom commands use & opened

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