I contacted the Ayatana mailing list and confirmed that this is not in the design vision of Unity; furthermore, such a feature would be in violation of a software patent that Apple owns. It's not possible to implement this behavior.
** Changed in: ayatana-design Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: unity Status: Incomplete => Invalid ** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/751941 Title: Unity launcher should get mouse-over magnification (like docky) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/751941/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs