finding a program by category

[kroiz]

Hi
I am having troubles getting used to the new Ubuntu UI - Unity.

One thing that bugs me is that I don't know how to find a program if I don't know the program's name.
For example I remember I have an IRC client but I don't remember its name and its name does not contain IRC....
Before I had Unity, programs were organised in categories, so to find the irc I just looked in the Internet category...
The same happened to me with the writer program and others...
Can anyone tell me how I can find a program by its category?

I was surprised that I could not many complaints like mine on the web. :o

I don't want to give up and go back to the old gnome cause I figure that there is just a learning curve to pass and beside there are some feature in it that I like.

also if you know of any unity user guide please share it with me.

Thanks

[DirtyPC]

You can change back to Gnome environment, by logging out and clicking on your name, and at the bottom of the screen you can change environment.

[mcduck]

Right-click the Applications-lens and you'll get a list of the categories. And the same option is available as a dropdown in the top right corner when browsing your applications.

[kroiz]

Right-click the Applications-lens and you'll get a list of the categories. And the same option is available as a dropdown in the top right corner when browsing your applications.

Great, Thanks! exactly what I was looking for. :D