Launcher 'dodge' taken out of Precise

[Joel Pickett]

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Stephen Rees-Carter <
stephen at rees-carter.net> wrote:

> I just read this in the email you linked to:
>
> -----
> > 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.
> -----
>
> 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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> >>
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
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I, too, have settled in with the dodge feature - it just makes sense.
Hopefully they can incorporate the feature as an option in the MyUnity
application, rather than having to manually install a PPA for such a small
change.

Joel Pickett
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