related issue - https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-lens- applications/+bug/1110124
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to unity-lens-applications in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/810412 Title: Dash - searching for generic keywords in unity lens doesn't yield (all) results Status in Ayatana Design: Fix Committed Status in Unity: Triaged Status in Unity Applications Lens: Triaged Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in “unity-lens-applications” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: on unity 11.04,11.10 seraching for "game", "internet" or such generic keywords in the lenses does not show all relevant applications.. this is a showstopper bug for me and other people i talked to i understand the difficulty of insuffiecient metadata for applications but escpecially for newbys and "non-geek"s this is at least a big MUST. You DO have descriptions and categories in software center.. can't these info be used in the lens too? Desired solution: Stick to the X-GNOME-Keywords field in the .desktop files, but improve the indexed data. - Minimally: Assure that key apps have good keywords in their packages - Best: Get the word out to have upstreams put good data in there. Help upstreams getting this done. Also: 12:51:48 <Trevinho> what about not only considering the Keywords .desktop file field (that is alredy supported, for applications that specify it) but also the category of each application? 12:52:23 <Trevinho> I mean, if I search for "internet" or "games", I expect that all the programs under that category are shown into the dash, isn't it? 12:53:39 <Trevinho> Of course, programs that have full matching (ie. name contains that string) would get the priority, but if I search for "System" I expect that all the applications under "System" category are shown, not only System Monitor for example... 13:21:02 <JohnLea> yes considering the category of the application would be an improvement To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/810412/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
