Problem (still) exists for me. Tried all the workarounds stated above. I
used Compiz to max out Launcher Reveal Edge Responsiveness to 8.0
and Launcher Reveal Pressure to 1, select single click and single click
desktop, waiting 1 or 2 seconds. I also tried to max out mouse pointer
speed via set
I had a failed installation of Ubuntu restricted extras also. After that
I was directed by Ubuntu error reporter to this site to report this bug.
After reading all the above reports I tried using terminal to install
ttf-mscorefonts-installer as suggested by #17 above and the window for
the EULA app
