There are a variety of other "lenses" (most of which are third-party): http://askubuntu.com/questions/38772/what-lenses-for-unity-are-available http://askubunt

There are a variety of other "lenses" (most of which are third-party): http://askubuntu.com/questions/38772/what-lenses-for-unity-are-available http://askubuntu.com/questions/38772/what-lenses-for-unity-a... * search AskUbuntu.com questions * calculator * search Google Books * find map, time, temperature, wind speed for a particular city * search ThePirateBay * search Wikipedia * search YouTube You get the picture. But you are correct, Canonical did it first.