Unity Dash Extension for Gnome Shell Now Available for Download

Zac Barton has released Bolt, a Unity Dash like menu extension for Gnome Shell.

He describes it as:

A launcher thats a fusion of the Ubuntu dash, the Gnome-shell overview and the classic Gnome 2 menu which replaces the overview.

Features:

• Allows you to see recent apps, docs and downloads using Zeitgeist
• See applications in their categories - filtering made easy
• Search for apps, docs etc
• Blurs background
• Matches background color

The extension has lots of options and you can configure it to suit your needs.

Download Bolt

Upcoming Changes:

• Workspace management
• Improved themeing support

• Integrated search-provider extensions
• Changing icon sizes
• Changing "Bolt" text and/or show an icon
• Drag to resize