Removing Intellihide completely is a step backwards. It was one of the
features that set Ubuntu apart from all the other operating systems. It
was innovative.

I'd like to highlight a problem with a fixed launcher. More and more
websites are being designed using responsive web design techniques. In
short it means that websites adjust their information representation
based on a couple of factors like screen width, height and more.

Viewing a website like http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ on a laptop
with a resolution of 1024x768 with the launcher set to always display
will result in that page to believe you are a tablet computer and change
its information representation accordingly. Some website features won't
be available. That website is only one example.

Now "that" is a problem!

It is no problem that the usability tests revealed that Intellihide is
confusing - regardless of how illogical that might be - it doesn't mean
that it should be completely removed. Ubuntu has taken a lot of flak for
ignoring its power users. I'm not sure why you think that removing a
such an important feature would help with that problem.

What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't make any sense at all to
remove the features completely from Ubuntu. Keep it as an optional
launcher behavior setting, hide it and make it available only from the
gconf-editor if you want but DON't remove it. It just makes no sense.

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  Dodge windows is down but what about making the launcher autohide only
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