Comment 294 for bug 668415

Given the 290 comments before me, I realize I won't be adding anything new, but I wanted to share my frustration anyway, just to point out how annoying this is to a lot of people by pure volume of complaints.

I have been using the unity-rotate plugin a while, but it has severe limitations, such as it only works in 3D and doesn't support 12.04.

Why don't you believe in the freedom to choose?

There's so many options with Ubuntu to choose how you want your desktop, E.G using KDE or something completely different. This tiny option, which affect so many peoples experience with Ubuntu as a whole should be configurable.

Who are you to decide that my 90 degrees tilted widescreen obviously must have the launcher at the side?

One size fits all, simply doesn't fit all. Setups differ, hardware differ - what makes sense on your setup, doesn't have to make sense elsewhere.

Why don't you allow Windows users to have a tiny piece of familiar environment in Ubuntu?

Coming from Windows to Ubuntu, or switching back and forth between Windows and Ubuntu (E.G virtualized) comes with a certain set of 'trained'/'built-in' mouse movements, such as 'drag to the lower left' which always hits start menu. In Unity, with the same logic, you close whatever window on top that is maximized when pulling to the upper left corner!

Why mess with peoples heads?

Most people have brains that are wired to read in a horizontal line. This skill is continuously improved while reading text. Getting an overview of running applications if you don't already have a mental image of this (which is the default, when launcher is hidden), you need to move your eyes down the line of the launcher - again inefficient and frustrating.

- FRUSTRATED USER -