Comment 197 for bug 668415

I just wonder that the back button issue has been addressed only three times within this discussion. Today I counted how many times the sidebar stepped on my nerves by appearing and blocking the back button of my web browser and the total number so far is 43.

I think, the main problem is just that i am using 11.10 on a Notebook which happens to have a touch pad just like pretty much every notebook out there and these things aren't really precise. And since i am running the 64bit version of Ubuntu, i actually have only 2 choices: live with this situation until it gets properly fixed or use XFCE. And the worst thing about this, i really like Unity a lot, but this sidebar issue completely ruins it for me. This thing constantly pops up and i never wanted it to be there in the first place and i cannot even move it as there is not even a hidden option to move it to the bottom (which is in my opinion the only acceptable place).

Microsoft tried to do the same thing with Longhorn and guess what: they discovered that having a sidebar on either side (left or right) just doesn't work.