The current launcher in Unity is app-centric - i.e. instead of window
controls (open a new window, minimize window, etc.), it shows the
windows of the application.
If the launcher was window-centric like the classic GNOME panel is, how
would you imagine it to function (e.g. window previews like Windows 7
taskbar, what sort of animations referring to a window, etc.)?
Unity with window-centric launcher