The next version of GNOME Shell, out in September, is likely to include a redesigned search experience. In current versions of the desktop, when you start a search from the GNOME Shell overview, a dedicated search results screen replaces the one you’re looking at, i.e., the workspace row and dash (aka dock) are obscured. GNOME’s design team has long wanted to adopt a ‘semantic’ layout for search, where elements visibly enter and exit from a specific place, so users know how one screen relates to the next. For search, results would appear in an overlay that ‘spawns out of the […]