Comment 271 for bug 668415

@SRoesgen
Do you think that Unity movable launcher will ever be solved?
That is why I had proposed another option for those people who can't
install Unity on their production machines because of the launcher.
If you think it is a minor problem for you, I have lots of testimonials
that says that Unity has decreased people's productivity, due to launcher
position and its hide and show behavior. It is very hard to quickly switch
between windows on Unity.
They tried to make something similar to MacOS, but they had made a bad
mistake.
All sorts of arguments have been made here, and people at canonical will
continue to follow their initial design steps.
My suggestion was based on an article from Linux Journal, and I thought it
could be useful for people who are in this thread, discussing this endless
problem.
I don't think that the desktop environment should be a game of hide and
seek or any other sort of weird behavior that it can present, but an tool
to help people manage their open windows and find their applications and
documents.

On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Tal Liron <email address hidden>wrote:

> @SRoesgen
>
> With 269 comments (mine is 270!), *every* aspect of this bug has been
> mentioned already, at least once. :)
>
> I suggest we all give it a rest. It is very clear that this bug report
> is not helping one bit. Mark has not budged since comment 2, and in the
> plans for 12.04 we see that the Unity team is prepared to go to great
> and bizarre lengths to make sure that the Launcher will not be movable.
>
> All we're doing by "nagging" is fitting in Mark's view of the community,
> that we are part of a "minority" of users who refuse to accept that
> their pet bug won't be fixed. This, I insist, is an error in
> understanding the reason for "nagging:" the community is in fact worried
> about Unity's usability and potential, and is every bit concerned about
> future Ubuntu users as he is. We tell our stories here, as anecdotal
> evidence, and provide our opinions, as longtime computer users.
>
> Come to think of it, he has not *once* come out and thanked us for
> posting on this bug. He sees this whole bug as a nuisance and
> distraction from his real work, rather than a valuable source of input
> from people who use Ubuntu everyday. (He has stated explicitly that he
> doesn't care about our opinion: he is targeting people who never used
> computers before, or who have barely used them.)
>
> Locking a huge, important UI element like the Launcher to a specific
> part of any and all displays will hurt that future. The sheer diversity
> of computer displays out there -- so many different sizes, resolutions,
> aspect ratios, viewing angles, multiple display setups, touch vs. non-
> touch, eInk vs. LCD, including new display technologies that we don't
> know about yet -- demands that Unity maintain flexibility. And then
> there's a diversity of users: left-handed, right-handed, speakers of
> right-to-left languages (like me).
>
> You want to run Unity in a car computer? Well, in your country do you
> driving on the left or right side of the road? There are just so many
> aspects to this that it seems like shooting yourself in the foot by not
> planning for such futures.
>
> The vision of "an operating system for human beings" can only work if it
> takes into account the diversity of humans and the diversity of their
> experience. Otherwise, it will be an operating system for a lucky group
> of human beings who happen to fit a specific mold.
>
> I have no doubt that in a year or two, Unity will have no choice but to
> make the Launcher movable, introducing considerable breakage and change
> to a bug-free product. And then all our comments on this bug will remain
> as archaeological evidence that perhaps the community should have been
> listened to. :)
>
> --
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> duplicate bug report (821156).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415
>
> Title:
> Movement of Unity launcher
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Won't Fix
> 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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Fernando