I read the "A better Linux Desktop" article and the author proposed removing the launcher, this is what I think is the strength of Unity. Although it was an interesting read.
I have actually been thinking of how you could merge the top panel elements into the launcher elegantly and I will create a mockup of how this could be done in the near future :) 2011/5/20 Ed Lin <edlin...@gmail.com> > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist > <niklas.s.rosenqv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ed Lin proposed several solutions to the global menu "problem" in the > > ayatana thread "Thoughts on Unity design". But one thing that people tend > to > > forget when talking about removing the global menu an/or the top panel. > > If we remove the top panel where would we put the app indicators? Since > they > > are supposed to behave like nifty, easy accessible, little applications > they > > completely loose their functionality if they should be hidden. If this > could > > be solved with a good solution then there would really be nothing that > > prevents removing the top panel. Maybe by having a bottom-panel which > > reveals when the cursor is at the bottom of the screen? > > Hi! > Here's a link to said email: > https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05848.html > > This might be of interest: > http://pastehtml.com/view/1e1uiox.html#mozTocId309447 > about top vs bottom bar and an idea how to make the info area always > visible without having it take up any space. > > This design doesn't have a sidebar/launcher. I'd really favor putting > the clock and whatever indicators need to be visible all the time into > the sidebar. As mentioned this would mean that the autohide of the > launcher needs to be disabled by default. Not really a trade-off given > the wide-screen nature of netbooks and tablets. In fact I'd argue for > disabling autohide by default regardless of whether the top panel is > going to be removed or not. For new users it the launcher would be > more discoverable, less confusing, for everyone it would be faster to > access. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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