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[Robert Schuh <rschuh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried (at least the lef side launcher) to get as close as you can see 
in the demo videos...

as far as i know you have to keep the finger pressed and release a the 
app you want to start.
thats the way i intend it to work too (the top launcher has this 
already integrated)

the slide-to-side to open might be smthng i will include but now, the 
launcher opening is pure css so this is great for performance ;)
and this page should work on mobile webkit as it does on desktop :)

it even has a page slider (which isnt really relevant for the launcher 
:) )

what do you mean by "Discoverability" ?

As already mentioned, my launcher is intended to look like the one seen 
in the demo video, so the showing and hiding and launching should be the 
same :)

Am 2013-01-26 21:43, schrieb Thibaut Brandscheid:
> 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/ [1]
> >
> > (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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> Links:
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> [1] http://jsfiddle.net/Robbilie/7CbDn/24/show/
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