Comment 582 for bug 532633

To refuse change because "it's different" is BAD.
To change only because "it's different" is BAD.

Anyway, good decision comes from good rationale (except maybe in casinos).

Where's the rationale here ? None is explained.
Where's the benefit here ? None is explained.

What's the risk ? The risk is to force a change in user's habits without visible reasons. He should not appreciate even if he'll get use to with time.

Even if it's far from being a big deal it really looks like a bad decision.
I love Ubuntu and its community and thank all the teams (devs, designers, managers ...) providing to the community this wonderful desktop.

So after all, the design team may really have a killer idea to use that vacuum on the right.

Time will say, but waiting for explanation/rationale on that subject it will be (for me) nothing more than a bad decision.