JohnLea wrote: >@flyingfisch; I posted the reasons we are not able to add Launcher movement >atm in comment #226. Basically implementing this >change so that it works >correctly with all the other Unity elements in a bug free manner is *a lot* of >work from both a design and >development standpoint. Our limited resources are >currently best spent elsewhere (quality improvements, feature >development). A >change like this would introduce a lot of bugs, and this is not something we >can do until the backlog of existing >bugs is resolved.
>For very tech. savy users who don't mind bugs, patches are the way to go in order to preview functionality that has not yet met >the quality standard required to land in main Ubuntu. See http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/install-ubuntu-unity-bottom-launcher.html for a great patch Pavel Golikov has written that moves the Launcher to the bottom. Thank You for your explanation. Like I said, I understand why it would be difficult, but could the ubuntu dev team consider it in a release? And I don't mean next release necessarily, I just mean, some time in the future. Here are some reasons to allow movement of the launcher by default: 1. Left-handed Users: Having the launcher on the right could be ergonomically difficult for left-handed users. 2.Accidental Activation: It seems easier to activate the launcher accidentally (while watching YouTube videos, playing games, etc.) when it is on the left. 3.User-friendliness: In my opinion, users should be able to customize most of the interface of an OS out-of-the-box. Those are just my personal opinions which are subject to debate. ;) -- 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/ayatana-design/+bug/668415/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
