I just read this in the email you linked to: ----- > P.S. For those with a technical bent, CCSM can be used to restore the old > 'dodge windows' behaviour for now.
That codepath will disappear, we'd prefer to keep the code lean. In this case we've experimented, learned, and concluded a better approach is available, there's no argument for maintaining code we don't expose to users further. ----- ARGH! This is very annoying. So much for the "Unity will be fully customizable...". I bet there are developers who want this functionality who would be happy to maintain it... *sighs* ~Stephen On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Stephen Rees-Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm pretty annoyed at this personally. I love the 'dodge' feature of > the launcher, I didn't find it confusing, it made sense that you'd > always see it if the window wasn't full-screened. But I guess I've > been using it for a couple of releases now, so I am used to it's > functionality. > > It's pretty stupid that the option is still a Toggle: On or Off. > It'd be nice if they provided the three* options as a drop down in the > Appearance settings, as there are many people like myself who prefer > the dodge behaviour. It's just forcing people to use CCSM or other > configuration tools - I personally use MyUnity which works really well > and is a lot safer than CCSM. > > * There is a fourth option: the launcher is only hidden when the > full-screen application is focused, so it'll appear above the > full-screen app when a windowed app is focused. Not sure how popular > this one is, but it would be worth including too... maybe. > > I'm also having issues with the sensitivity of the launcher - I keep > resorting to pressing 'Super' to open it :) > > Thanks, > ~Stephen > > > On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Chris Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just a heads-up on something we need to be aware of for Precise. Those that >> aren't Alpha testing may not yet know that the launcher dodge feature has >> been removed. Mark Shuttleworth's reply to a query on why this was done is >> here: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg07665.html >> >> The default behaviour is now to never hide, however the "always hide" >> setting can be found in System Settings --> Appearance --> Behavior. >> >> Windowed applications now position to avoid the launcher initially, however >> full screen apps are overlayed by the launcher. I think most new users will >> change the behaviour to "always hide" as soon as they find out how to do it >> because of this. >> >> I can't fault the logic, but it feels broken now that I've finally gotten >> used to the dodging launcher. >> >> The method to reveal the launcher is not to 'push' against the left edge. >> There's a setting for the sensitivity of this however it doesn't appear to >> actually change anything on my machine. Setting the sensitivity to max does >> not appear to make the Launcher appear any easier. No doubt this is still >> being worked on. >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> ubuntu-au mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au >> > > > > -- > Stephen Rees-Carter ~ Valorin > http://stephen.rees-carter.net/ -- Stephen Rees-Carter ~ Valorin http://stephen.rees-carter.net/ -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
