As Cimi said, graphical changes to the UI are likely to introduce more visual noise/clutter and make things less clear (and in the case of slow connections or devices, reduce utility).
Michi's suggestion ("...enforce that an existing item cannot change physical location when a new item arrives") would give a far more stable/ predictable user experience and is, in my opinion, the way to go. ** Changed in: ubuntu-ux Status: Triaged => Fix Committed -- 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 bugs: 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