Canonical wants Ubuntu 13.04 searches in the Dash via a central server smoothly. This should be the number of relevant search results increase. With ‘Amazongate’ is still in the mind set Canonical, that is, looking at the effects on the privacy.
Canonical remains quite scraping on the Dash, the part of the Unity interface that allows both online and offline is increasingly becoming wider to search. In Ubuntu 13.04, which in april should come true, wish Canonical all the searches and transmit it to a central server of the company. Also sends the Dash of the lenses, specific search categories, the user has installed.
The central server of Unity will be the query to associate with lenses that according Canonicals algorithms are most relevant: the service is Smart Scope Service called. The search results are then sent back to the Dash, so reports OMG Ubuntu. According to the Canonical local search a priority, and all the scopes from the ram is removed once the Dash is closed. Also would the Smart Scope Service by analysis of the clicked search results will be better.
Canonical, which, with the introduction of Amazon results in the Dash of Ubuntu 12.10 has a lot of criticism was given, says that with the changes in Ubuntu 13.04 extra attention to the privacyelementen have spent. This allows individual lenses to be switched off and it is possible to use the Smart Scope Service off. Further claims to be the Ubuntu developer that the only ip addresses logs,but in a way that is not traceable would be to individual users. The information that Canonical collects would by the Scope Server online be documented. Also promises to be Canonical is the “online-element” of Unity more to bring forward for the end user.
The coming weeks should the new search functionality in the Dash in Daily Builds of Ubuntu 13.04 will be visible. There are more than one hundred scopes available, including lenses for eBay, Etsy, Soundcloud, Yelp, DeviantArt, Grooveshark, Google Drive, and IMDb.