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[Thibaut Brandscheid <randaltor@xxxxxx>]

Wow, I really like it.
It works great on the desktop. I even think about to have it as the default
way to access the launcher for me. All it would need is a small bar on the
left side. Then the user could just throw the mouse cursor to the left and
drag it a bit to the right to get the launcher. To close the launcher when
already dragging, move the mouse to the outer left and releasing the cursor.

What I like about the idea:
* When moving the mouse just a bit to the left the mouse pointer is over
the application icon (it feels right)
* releasing the mouse would trigger the icon the mouse is currently over
(it feels right) and is faster than to have to click a second time
* This way the app name can be displayed too, maybe even some further
informations (lot of horizontal space)
* It looks elegant and feels IMHO very right

Downs:
* Discoverability

Maybe Canonical could add this launcher interaction style as another
possibility to clever hide & reveal the launcher. For the Ubuntu phone
users it would be more intuitive to have the same action doing the same on
the desktop and the phone.

As told above it feels good. The Win8 launcher reveal action feels broken,
having the launcher all time like the Unity default is okay but wastes
space. The suggested method would save space and be intuitive once learned
how to use it (would work using laptop touchpads too).

Greetings
Thibaut


On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Robert Schuh <rschuh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hello World!
>
> Just for fun i am building a Web Version of the Unity Launcher:
>
> http://jsfiddle.net/Robbilie/**7CbDn/24/show/<http://jsfiddle.net/Robbilie/7CbDn/24/show/>
>
> (you might increase the 24 in the next days to see more recent versions)
>
> My Question:
>
> Would the Ubuntu-Phone Team or Canonical in general be interested in this
> to present the "Look & Feel of Unity" on their website to give possible
> future users the ability to test this out...?
>
> If not i simply gonna use this for smthng else...
>
> //Robert ;)
>
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