Comment 105 for bug 668415

First of all, let me correct my previous post: with 'sticking to the
right' I naturally meant 'sticking to the left'.

Fernando: you are right, most Ubuntu users are power users. However,
what I think Canonical is trying to do is make Ubuntu more appealing to
non-technical users. I really think for this purpose Unity is way better
than the old Gnome2 desktop or the new Gnome shell. It's more appealing
to the eye, if offers a more streamlined experience and it's easy to get
started with.

On 09/08/2011 04:39 PM, Fernando wrote:
> Maarten, I don't know you personally, that is what I was talking about.
> And another thing that wish to remember is that here, we are not ordinary
> users. Many people here are Computer Science students, application
> developers and all other sort of technical expertise. So don't think that
> there are only dumb people complaining. Even Linus Torvalds is unhappy with
> the current situation of Linux desktop.
> We are not here to TROLL Unity, but trying to make it better. The fact that
> the launcher is fixed in the left side of the screen is only a single
> complaint in middle of many that I hear.
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Maarten Kossen<<email address hidden>
>> wrote:
>> Well, Fernando, then let me be the first then. I heavily prefer Unity
>> over the Mac OS X and Windows 7 UIs, despite both having a movable
>> "launcher". I agree that the Unity Launcher sticking to the right isn't
>> always perfect (like with RTL languages or with a dual screen setup with
>> the left screen being the primary), but that's really secondary. For
>> most users, the current launcher covers it. It's fantastic!
>>
>> If everything would happen based on what users would expect, there would
>> not be much innovation...
>>
>> On 09/08/2011 03:05 PM, Fernando wrote:
>>> I, personally, don't a single human being on the Earth that thinks that
>> Unity is the best think they had found until now.
>>> If there is any research about user interfaces, please, share with us the
>> results, papers and every other artifact of this research.
>>> Please Unity developers, don't be as ignorant as developers of Microsoft
>> and Apple, please, hear us, it is for the sake of the Ubuntu Linux project
>> that we are asking such a thing.
>>> I know that from time to time new user's interface must be developed, but
>> sometimes their concepts don't match user's expectations. As I can see,
>> Unity is not the right direction in it's current form.
>> --
>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
>> duplicate bug report (821156).
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415
>>
>> Title:
>> Movement of Unity launcher
>>
>> Status in NULL Project:
>> Invalid
>> Status in Unity:
>> Won't Fix
>> Status in Ubuntu:
>> Won't Fix
>>
>> Bug description:
>> Please consider this a possible feature request or wishlist.
>>
>> Now when Unity will be default desktop for 11.04 could you please
>> consider to add option to configure Unity launcher placement. Add
>> simple option to lock/unlock through right-click menu and drag
>> launcher to desired location like left/right and bottom.
>>
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