Comment 4 for bug 737203

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mlaverdiere (mlaverdiere) wrote :

While the filters now kind of work, they are 1) very poorly graphically integrated in Unity Dashes; 2) barely usable, as the selection of one filter item makes it unreadable.

On these issues, see:

1) Screenshot attached.

2) Answer provided by Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen on this issue on a duplicated bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/738107/comments/4

3) Some critics in an Ars Technica review (http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/unity-environment-in-good-shape-on-track-for-ubuntu-1104.ars): "... there are some aspects of the Unity environment that still feel unpolished and poorly thought out. The interface for browsing available applications sticks out as a particularly weak part of the user experience. The mechanism for switching between application categories is irksome and visually tacky...."