I agree
If you use the launcher as "never hide" then there are numerous problems 1 : The space , we are losing valuable space on the desktop that is a must especially on laptops and net-books or looking at future on tablets. The mention of " Unity: A desktop experience designed for efficiency of space and interaction." also comes in conflict with never hide too. 2 : Other than space , it can result on many "accidents" , while working on a maximized application i found my self pressing application buttons on the launcher by mistake that result on ruin my workflow and have various applications pop up "from nowhere" ( most of the times i didnt noticed that i had pressed any button ) 3 : Its very distracting ! When i have my application maximized i dont want to be distracted by the beautiful colorfull Launcher icons because if i wanted too i wouldn't have my application maximized . Professional applications take that in mind very Seriously that's why many times we see that applications like Aftershot , many video editing software , etc give you the choice to pick a very dark UI them so you can work without any distraction. Like you are in a Dark Room ! On the other hand if you choose to have the launcher on "autohide" when you have a maximized application everythng is fine as it should. But ! When you dont have any application running or you decide to run something unmaximized on purpose then you are losing Everything about what unity suppose to be the launcher and his feedback. Every day we see more and more application to adapt on the unity design and develop their application with that in mind . Having the Launcher icon to give you various feedback information about what is happening with the application like Progress of the file transfer Updates available Mails waiting to be read And a ton more other.. All this nice features interaction and feedback goes away when using launcher "autohide" The launcher must be clever and be there when you need it , but leaves you the precious space when you need to work with desktop in his full potential. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/930148 Title: Dodge windows is down but what about making the launcher autohide only on maximised apps ? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/930148/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
