... was done explicitly as a fix for bug #1575137, it's the same design as unity7 - there's no need to "close" the launcher, you just start interacting with whatever you wanted to interact with.
** Changed in: unity8 (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Changed in: canonical-devices-system-image Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1607185 Title: It's difficult to close the launcher without tapping on something you didn't want to To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1607185/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs