<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>Hello xubuntu folks,</div>
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<div>I did check the mailing list archive for for keywords like "synapse" ... couldnt find any; so I hope that this topic is "new" and worth discussing here.</div>
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<div>I consider moving from ubunut/unity to xubuntu/xfce (actually running a xubuntu desktop for some weeks by now). The one thing<br/>
that is really missing for me: fast access to files. The unity file lense remembers all the files I touched lately (probably using zeitgeist) ... and it is<br/>
extremly helpful. Instead of opening up a file manager and navigating directories; I just press windows-f and start typing parts of the file name ... </div>
<div>(most of the time, i dont need to type anything, because the file lense might actually the file i am looking for already ;-)</div>
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<div>With xubuntu/xfce, there is no such feature. The whisker menu and application finder focus soley _applications_; not on files with user data.</div>
<div>In earlier years, there was "synapse" as replacement file launcher (using zeitgeist under the covers) that provided similar functionality.<br/>
But synapse is no longer actively maintained; it isn't even available in the 14.04 repositories any more.</div>
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<div>So - long story short: <br/>
1) is there an existing "file lense"-alike solution for xubuntu?</div>
<div>2) if not - are there any thoughts/plans to provide it at some point?</div>
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<div>Thanks everybody,</div>
<div>Edwin</div></div></body></html>