race condition in dash text search penalizes fast typers

[Steve Langasek]

I don't know if this is a general unity issue or specific to unity 2d; I use unity 2d so I'm filing it here initially.

When I do a text search in the dash for an application, the results I get are dependent on how long I wait before hitting enter. If I type 'mumb', this maps uniquely to the 'mumble' program on my system, so ought to always launch this program. However, if I launched some other related application, such as skype or ekiga, more recently than the last time I launched mumble, this most-recently-launched application comes up first and only after a moment is it replaced in the search results by mumble. So if I hit enter too soon, I get an application whose name does not match the one I've searched for.

The outcome of a text-based search should not be dependent on a race condition between my fingers and the search algorithm. The Enter should not be processed by the dash until the search results have settled.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: unity-2d 4.12.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.1.0-3.3-generic 3.1.0
Uname: Linux 3.1.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 7 11:22:23 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-2d
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-23 (44 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.