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Bug 661136 - sort applications by popularity
sort applications by popularity
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Product: gnome-shell
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gnome-shell-maint
gnome-shell-maint
: 662736 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-10-06 22:26 UTC by ppr
Modified: 2012-08-23 11:57 UTC
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Description ppr 2011-10-06 22:26:38 UTC 
The applications in "All" (in the Activities overview) should be sort by popularity. It is not nice to see applications I never use (or a little) in "All" and to have to search (in "sound") for my music player (I know I can had it to the dash).
Comment 1 Matthias Clasen 2011-10-07 12:35:57 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 623372 ***
Comment 2 ppr 2011-10-07 12:40:22 UTC 
It's not the same bug. bug 623372 is about the search engine. And Bug 661136 is about what happens when you clic "Application" in the overview (you see applications by alphabetical order and it will be more useful if you see applications you used a lot).
Comment 3 sbabakin 2011-10-09 13:26:13 UTC 
I also vote for this enhancement. "Frequent" applications should be shown first. This could be a full applications list or lets say 20 most frequently used apps... 

In addition "All" (alphabetical order) should be also available as an applications group.
Comment 4 Daniel Schürmann 2011-10-28 19:24:24 UTC 
*** Bug 662736 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Daniel Schürmann 2011-10-28 19:38:41 UTC 
It would be nice if we can use a View with the "Recent Applications" as default
Applications view. 

By the way: Do not drop the other categories like proposed in bug 638271
Comment 6 Allan Day 2012-08-23 11:57:54 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report, ppr. This idea has some merit, but there's a problem with it - the application grid would move around, making it difficult to find a specific application without searching for it.

Closing as not a bug.