First of all, let me correct my previous post: with 'sticking to the right' I naturally meant 'sticking to the left'.
Fernando: you are right, most Ubuntu users are power users. However, what I think Canonical is trying to do is make Ubuntu more appealing to non-technical users. I really think for this purpose Unity is way better than the old Gnome2 desktop or the new Gnome shell. It's more appealing to the eye, if offers a more streamlined experience and it's easy to get started with. On 09/08/2011 04:39 PM, Fernando wrote: > Maarten, I don't know you personally, that is what I was talking about. > And another thing that wish to remember is that here, we are not ordinary > users. Many people here are Computer Science students, application > developers and all other sort of technical expertise. So don't think that > there are only dumb people complaining. Even Linus Torvalds is unhappy with > the current situation of Linux desktop. > We are not here to TROLL Unity, but trying to make it better. The fact that > the launcher is fixed in the left side of the screen is only a single > complaint in middle of many that I hear. > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Maarten Kossen<maarten.kos...@quateria.com >> wrote: >> Well, Fernando, then let me be the first then. I heavily prefer Unity >> over the Mac OS X and Windows 7 UIs, despite both having a movable >> "launcher". I agree that the Unity Launcher sticking to the right isn't >> always perfect (like with RTL languages or with a dual screen setup with >> the left screen being the primary), but that's really secondary. For >> most users, the current launcher covers it. It's fantastic! >> >> If everything would happen based on what users would expect, there would >> not be much innovation... >> >> On 09/08/2011 03:05 PM, Fernando wrote: >>> I, personally, don't a single human being on the Earth that thinks that >> Unity is the best think they had found until now. >>> If there is any research about user interfaces, please, share with us the >> results, papers and every other artifact of this research. >>> Please Unity developers, don't be as ignorant as developers of Microsoft >> and Apple, please, hear us, it is for the sake of the Ubuntu Linux project >> that we are asking such a thing. >>> I know that from time to time new user's interface must be developed, but >> sometimes their concepts don't match user's expectations. As I can see, >> Unity is not the right direction in it's current form. >> -- >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a >> duplicate bug report (821156). >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 >> >> Title: >> Movement of Unity launcher >> >> Status in NULL Project: >> Invalid >> Status in Unity: >> Won't Fix >> Status in Ubuntu: >> Won't Fix >> >> Bug description: >> Please consider this a possible feature request or wishlist. >> >> Now when Unity will be default desktop for 11.04 could you please >> consider to add option to configure Unity launcher placement. Add >> simple option to lock/unlock through right-click menu and drag >> launcher to desired location like left/right and bottom. >> >> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/null/+bug/668415/+subscriptions >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668415 Title: Movement of Unity launcher To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/null/+bug/668415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs