was: ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity

[Tom H]

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 6:33 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4 June 2012 15:33, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 4 June 2012 13:20, Ryan Gauger <rtgkid at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> there are things unique to it, like HUD.
>>>
>>> The HUD is a new feature in Precise; it was not present in any of the
>>> previous 3 or 4 releases of Unity. As such, I would not call it a
>>> Unity feature.
>>
>> Would you have been happier had it been called a feature of Unity vers >= 5.x.y?
>
> I have not looked or tried, but I have read reports of people getting
> it working in non-Unity desktops.
>
> The HUD is a way to control *applications*. Apps are not part of the
> desktop: the desktop is the Launcher, the Dash and so on.
>
> HUD is a feature of *Precise* not a feature of Unity at all.

HUD is a way to control Unity applications not simply applications
because HUD needs an application to support the global menu.