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[Octavian Damiean <odamiean@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Clayton Spicer <clayton.spicer@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi all,
> Simple question - why the app bar on the left? It's the hardest part of
> the phone to reach when holding with the right hand.  Also since you can go
> "back" by swiping at any vertical height on the screen, but selection of
> apps requires a wide range of specific heights to be touchable, surely it
> makes more sense to have it on the right, where the whole screen is easily
> reachable on all phones. It also means going backwards requires swiping
> towards the left which is usual for going back. So just wondering what the
> reasoning is behind putting the bar on the left? I'm really curious - I'm
> sure there must be reasons I've missed.
>

That's mainly because Unity looks that way on the desktop as well. The
launcher is on the left-hand side.​​

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