Today we announced the HUD that is landing in Unity. This is an awesome new feature. See [Mark’s blog post](https://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/939), the [coverage on PC Pro](https://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/372385/ubuntu-rips-up-drop-down-menus), and the interview with [John Lea on OMG! Ubuntu!](https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/hud-new-unity-feature/). Here is a video of the feature in action:
*Can’t see it? See it [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_WW-DHqR3c)*.
I wanted to point you folks at [Nicholas’s blog post](https://www.theorangenotebook.com/2012/01/testing-hud-heads-up-display.html) about how to test the HUD. You will need to be running Ubuntu 12.04 (which is still in development) to test.
We would like to encourage everyone to test so we can get this rock-solid for 12.04!