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[Andrea Azzarone <1216120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: unity
       Status: New => Opinion

** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Opinion

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Title:
  Reduce distraction of Launcher items.

Status in Unity:
  Opinion
Status in unity package in Ubuntu:
  Opinion

Bug description:
  Hi.

  Currently, when I do coding, I see huge distruction from unity
  launcher:

  http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6715/72443267.5/0_a831c_3aaf1b16_orig

  Colorful stack of icons just get's my attention. While I know there's
  an options like putting your editor fullscreen or auto-hiding
  launcher, it doesn't work for me, since I loose features like super-
  fast visual switch to app I want (by clicking it's icon), or
  notification that something happened (skype message arrived), which
  brings me to unhiding launcher from time to time just to see if
  anything happened. I want to have launcher, but I want it to be not so
  distractive.

  So, one of solutions I came with is to desaturate icons a bit:

  http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9356/72443267.5/0_a831b_70f2822c_orig

  This looks better, but still distractive relative to my code editor.
  First, I see clear need to also adjust lightness due to your apps
  (code editor window is dark, so let's also darken our icons). Second,
  just for experiment, I fully decolorized icons:

  http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/6704/72443267.5/0_a831a_b0f70355_orig

  This seems best for me as "non-distractive mode" when I code. I know
  this feature is our of priority, but maybe one of you will get excited
  of this one :)

  Thanks!

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