Dash - Discoverability of Dash problematic for new users

Bug #1016074 reported by John Lea
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ayatana Design
Incomplete
High
John Lea
Unity
Expired
High
Unassigned
unity (Ubuntu)
Expired
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

In user testing participants don't see the Dash Launcher icon. The circle of friends icon lacks the ornamentation seen in the other default Launcher icons, and has no inherent meaning.

Also in user testing, participants were confused between the Nautilus and Dash Launcher naming.

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Desired solution:

- Update the design of the Dash icon, so that new users are attracted to it when they explore, and so that it successfully competes with the other icons in the launcher

- Contact Rosie for the visual design and assets which solve this issue.

Tags: udp
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
assignee: nobody → John Lea (johnlea)
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: udp
Changed in unity:
milestone: none → backlog
description: updated
description: updated
Changed in unity:
status: New → Triaged
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
Tim Penhey (thumper)
Changed in unity:
milestone: backlog → none
John Lea (johnlea)
Changed in ayatana-design:
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Changed in unity:
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for unity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for Unity because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in unity:
status: Incomplete → Expired
Revision history for this message
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

This bug leads directly into bug 846374. They could perhaps be merged.

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