Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

[Stephen Rees-Carter]

I just read this in the email you linked to:

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> P.S. For those with a technical bent, CCSM can be used to restore the old 'dodge windows' behaviour for now.

That codepath will disappear, we'd prefer to keep the code lean. In
this case we've experimented, learned, and concluded a better approach
is available, there's no argument for maintaining code we don't expose
to users further.
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ARGH! This is very annoying. So much for the "Unity will be fully
customizable...". I bet there are developers who want this
functionality who would be happy to maintain it... *sighs*


~Stephen


On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Stephen Rees-Carter
<stephen at rees-carter.net> wrote:
> I'm pretty annoyed at this personally. I love the 'dodge' feature of
> the launcher, I didn't find it confusing, it made sense that you'd
> always see it if the window wasn't full-screened. But I guess I've
> been using it for a couple of releases now, so I am used to it's
> functionality.
>
> It's pretty stupid that the option is still a Toggle: On or Off.
> It'd be nice if they provided the three* options as a drop down in the
> Appearance settings, as there are many people like myself who prefer
> the dodge behaviour. It's just forcing people to use CCSM or other
> configuration tools - I personally use MyUnity which works really well
> and is a lot safer than CCSM.
>
> * There is a fourth option: the launcher is only hidden when the
> full-screen application is focused, so it'll appear above the
> full-screen app when a windowed app is focused. Not sure how popular
> this one is, but it would be worth including too... maybe.
>
> I'm also having issues with the sensitivity of the launcher - I keep
> resorting to pressing 'Super' to open it :)
>
> Thanks,
> ~Stephen
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Chris Robinson <fabricator4 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Just a heads-up on something we need to be aware of for Precise.  Those that
>> aren't Alpha testing may not yet know that the launcher dodge feature has
>> been removed.  Mark Shuttleworth's reply to a query on why this was done is
>> here: https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg07665.html
>>
>> The default behaviour is now to never hide, however the "always hide"
>> setting can be found in System Settings --> Appearance --> Behavior.
>>
>> Windowed applications now position to avoid the launcher initially, however
>> full screen apps are overlayed by the launcher.  I think most new users will
>> change the behaviour to "always hide" as soon as they find out how to do it
>> because of this.
>>
>> I can't fault the logic, but it feels broken now that I've finally gotten
>> used to the dodging launcher.
>>
>> The method to reveal the launcher is not to 'push' against the left edge.
>> There's a setting for the sensitivity of this however it doesn't appear to
>> actually change anything on my machine.  Setting the sensitivity to max does
>> not appear to make the Launcher appear any easier.  No doubt this is still
>> being worked on.
>>
>> Chris
>>
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