I've linked a new MP - diff-updates branch - which IMHO improves current dash interactions *a lot*
It gets rid of results model clearing and instead only updates the model as results arrive, after a small delay (to have a chance of accumulating some results). Now, whether we should still consider disabling the view while waiting for new search to finish is an open question, but I think it's not necessary - the bouncing bar above OSK gives clear indication that things are about to change. While some jumping may in theory happen, in practice it works very well (I've played with several scopes). These changes are currently available in silo 20 for testing. Note, the suggestion to "enforce that an existing item cannot change physical location when a new item arrives" is not really possible to accomplish - the order of results is up to the scope, a new search may return the same items as previous one, only in different order, in which case we will just move items around. ** Branch unlinked: lp:~stolowski/unity-scopes-shell/delay-clear ** Branch unlinked: lp:~stolowski/unity-api/results-enabled-flag ** Branch unlinked: lp:~aacid/unity8/results-enabled-flag -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity8 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1238979 Title: [Scopes] Scope result models are cleared on updates Status in Ubuntu UX: Fix Committed Status in Unity Media Scanner Scope: Invalid Status in unity-scopes-shell package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in unity8 package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: The result models are cleared when updated, which causes abrupt changes in the dash. We need a better way for updating the models without clearing them :/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1238979/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
