Originally, we used a corner invocation of the launcher. Testing showed that users expected to find the launcher where they saw it go - on the edge. That lead to us using edge invocation (this was a change late in 11.04). We knew at the time that false-positive invocations would be greater on the left edge, but wanted to see if we could minimise that by using some careful heuristics, for example, the extent to which it looked like you really *meant* to invoke the launcher, how hard you hit the edge and whether you continued to push the mouse past the edge.
We are still working on those, and patches to improve the heuristics of launcher revealing on left edge would be welcome. We are also working on ways to cue the user to the fact that they are approaching the launcher invocation. X makes a proximity effect difficult, but we could hint at the launchers presence for folk who just inadvertently touch the edge before showing it, with a push giving you quick access to the launcher, for example. Patches and mockups in this regard would also be welcome. We could consider a number of changes to the Launcher's behaviour to address the needs of those who flat out don't want a left edge invoke: * we could have an option to reveal the launcher after a top left corner hit (so the movement returns to being the original slam-into-top-left-corner, then move to your app icon) * we could allow the launcher to move to the bottom of the screen. However, this would require a patch which took into account all the related issues, like animations and transitions, and the direction of various arrows. We would not accept a patch which reduced the quality of the existing experience for those who like it. Mark -- 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
