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Do-ifing GNOME Shell

This is a design idea for GnomeShell. The basic concept is to apply aspects of GNOME Do to the shell overlay and search box.

Aims and benefits

We know from GNOME Do that purely keyboard-based launching can be extremely efficient. Since GnomeShell is in the process of redesigning application and document launching in GNOME, it would seem to make sense to attempt to integrate the advantages of GNOME Do within the Shell's own launching functionality. Integrating elements of GNOME Do within the Shell overlay would have the added advantage of making GNOME Do's features much more discoverable.

Do-ifying GnomeShell would aim to achieve the following benefits:

Design elements

Do-ifying GnomeShell would involve a number of new design elements:

See also


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