was: ubuntu 12.04 LTS removing unity

[Liam Proven]

On 6 June 2012 12:09, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Oy veh!

It's a UI feature, which applies to more or less any compliant app. It
is /not/ restricted to the desktop, therefore, it is not a feature of
the desktop.

The window-control buttons at top left also work both in the desktop
and in apps; would you claim those are a Unity feature, too?


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