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[Rolf Leggewie <1054167@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

raring has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the raring task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu Raring)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Unity launcher for Quantal Beta 2 has too many items, scrolls off the
  screen on 1366x768

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Won't Fix
Status in Unity:
  Triaged
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in unity source package in Quantal:
  Won't Fix
Status in unity source package in Raring:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  The addition of two new launcher items to the default launcher (bug
  1046840) adds too much to an already overcrowded launcher. This will
  make items scroll off the edge of the screen (aka, the accordion
  effect) on 1366x768 screens, which is the most used screen resolution
  today.[1]

  That feature hasn't finished landing today, so I'm including
  screenshots of today's Quantal to demonstrate what happens when adding
  1 or 2 new items to the launcher.

  This is made worse by Software Center adding newly installed apps to
  the launcher by default. The launcher can't handle more items on
  average laptop screens. It is even worse on netbooks.

  What I'd like to see
  ==============
  * Follow a philosophy oft-invoked on the Ayatana mailing list and drop 2 launcher items to make room for the 2 new ones.
  Possibilities for removal:
     - System Settings, which pitti & I complained about in bug 764744 when it was added last year as GNOME 3 has many ways of reaching System Settings. (The user testing leading to that decision was done on 11.04 which used GNOME 2.)
     - Ubuntu One could be removed if the indicator-sync FFE/MIR gets approved
     - LibreOffice Calc & Impress don't need to be there, as it's possible to create or open spreadsheets from LibreOffice Writer, or open the apps directly from the Dash.

  [1] http://gs.statcounter.com/press/screen-resolution-alert-for-web-
  developers

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: unity 6.6.0-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  Date: Fri Sep 21 11:43:17 2012
  SourcePackage: unity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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