I also think that one of the reasons why this was potentially confusing to new users (and should therefore be targeted for improvement instead of just tucking the icon away) is the static nature of Unity's worspace switcher icon - the switcher icon back in Gnome classic (in the bottom panel) indicated the desktop that's currently active and even showed small icons representing some applications (sort of like a small cheat sheet - "ah, my calculator is to the right"). A person could even move apps between workspaces by moving icons from there without opening to the expose.
If such an icon was added to the indicator applets in Unity or the new launcher icon somehow improved to change dynamically, maybe the feature wouldn't seem so daunting to new users. As an additional bonus it would bring joy to old users. On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Matzipan <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to see the reasons why this is removed because it seems > like a poor choice to me. This is one of the best features of Unity and > lots of new users will find it very attractive. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868423 > > Title: > Launcher - Workspace switcher should not be in the Launcher by default > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/868423/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of compiz packagers, which is subscribed to compiz in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/868423 Title: Launcher - Workspace switcher should not be in the Launcher by default To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/868423/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~compiz Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~compiz More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
