Public bug reported:
As it stands, I really love the physics of how the unity dock opens from
its hidden state. (For clarification, the dock I'm speaking of is on
the left side of the screen, and has large icons for opening up useful
apps.)
For those unfamiliar with its Physics, the unity dock doesn't open
after a mouse-over. Nor does it respond to a direct impact of the mouse,
which you can see for yourself by pushing the mouse roughly into the
dock and stopping right after it touches. The physics of the dock
opening is perhaps most similar to what it's like to raise open blinds
via a string handle. (link to what I mean
http://www.blindalley.com/portfolios/levolor/images/levolorlift.jpg). It
requires you to move the mouse to the edge, and then push it against the
edge for some distance.
I think its great, but the one problem is first figuring out how to use
it. It took a few hours of casual computer use for me to actually
understand how to consistently open the dock with minimal effort.
(Something like 10 total, sporadic attempts at opening the dock). I
tried mousing-over, got a bit frustrated since that doesn't open the
dock, then smashed it into it, which works sometimes. In spite of being
an Ubuntu user for over 5 years, I'd call the learning experience a bit
of a minor struggle.
Perhaps there could be a triggered tutorial of how to use the dock? Some
system pop-up or message that shows up the first time you
inefficiently open the dock, or the first time you enable hide dock.
There could be some reasonable and easy heuristics for exactly what
triggers the message. Let's discuss!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: unity 7.1.2+13.10.20131014.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-19.33-generic 3.11.10.5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-19-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity.support.test.0:
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins:
[core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,move,resize,compiztoolbox,place,vpswitch,gnomecompat,grid,session,regex,snap,animation,workarounds,mousepoll,imgpng,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,expo,ezoom,fade,scale,unityshell]
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Tue Apr 22 21:06:39 2014
DistUpgraded: 2014-02-27 15:02:05,429 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
DistroCodename: saucy
DistroVariant: ubuntu
GraphicsCard:
Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0046]
(rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0007]
MachineType: TOSHIBA PORTEGE R705
MarkForUpload: True
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-19-generic
root=UUID=e34a4d0a-6d04-42c5-a170-9ff6d2812d56 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2014-02-27 (54 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 11/11/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: Version 1.70
dmi.board.asset.tag: 00
dmi.board.name: Portable PC
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: Version A0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 00
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion1.70:bd11/11/2010:svnTOSHIBA:pnPORTEGER705:pvrPT314U-017018:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0:
dmi.product.name: PORTEGE R705
dmi.product.version: PT314U-017018
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.46-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 9.2.1-1ubuntu3
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.0-0ubuntu10
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.904-0ubuntu2.1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9-2ubuntu1
xserver.bootTime: Tue Apr 22 20:47:22 2014
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:
xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.outputs:
xserver.version: 2:1.14.5-1ubuntu2~saucy1
** Affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 saucy ubuntu
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