The distortion of the text that you refer to has already been reported. It is fixed in the upcoming Unity 5.10. You can see the bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nux/+bug/927441.
Looking at the new video, when you move the mouse fast enough the launcher appears all the time. It is only when you try slowly, you can see the black shadow clearly. I am unable to see this as a valid bug. However, instead of incomplete I am marking it New. And I will ask some other developers to look at this. They can either confirm or reject it based on what they think. ** Changed in: compiz (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New ** Changed in: unity Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/965643 Title: Unity 5.8: auto-hide using mouse reveals launcher inconsistently To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/965643/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs