This bug is already known upstream. I fear that it is actually far deeper than it appears. Furthermore it also has some side effects that might be unwanted. See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=345806.
Specifically on the "side effects". Consider yourself typing in some letters (fast) and you see the match you where looking for pop to the top. You hit enter and expect to activate the match you see. Now because deskbar was actually a split second behind you, you activate the match for your complete (unshown) string, which might be something completely different... -- the last characters are not taken into account if you're typing too fast https://launchpad.net/bugs/34024 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
