Cite from Mark Shuttleworth:

"I think the report actually meant that the launcher should be movable to
other edges of the screen. I'm afraid that won't work with our broader
design goals, so we won't implement that. We want the launcher always
close to the Ubuntu button."

@Mark Shuttleworth

The design goals are fine if you only have ONE single display connceted
to youir computer. Than it is absolutely acceptable to nail the launcher
to the left side because it doesn't matter much if it is left or right -
maybe in most cultures left woul be the best placement.

Anyhow... In multi display setups it is a question of available space
and layout of the displays, where the launcher makes sense.

While i can agree that putting it top top or bottom is a bit retro,
boring and not really ergonomic, having the ability to putting it to the
right side seems to be really useful. Also RTL-Cultures would love it
beeing able to move the launcher to the right side - even on a single
monitor system.

So i kindly ask you to rethink your standpoint. I cannot see any
negative impact to the design goals if users are able to choose whether
the launcher is on the left or the right side of the screen.

I hope that canonical can be a bit less dogmatic and a bit more
pragmatic. Users demand the ability to move the launcher - so why not
making such a small compromise which may give many people a even better
feeling using Unity.

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