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[Vishnoo <vish@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 20:46 +0100, Mirek M. wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I've been playing with Unity for a while, and while I like some of its
> developments, the lack of its customization really bothers me.
> Particularly, I'd like to be able to move the launcher (+ Ubuntu
> button) to the right.
> Reasoning:
> a) The Ubuntu button as well as the launcher make more sense on the
> right, where all the other system-related buttons are. It would help
> maintain users' focus on the current application if all the
> file-related commands were on the left and all the system-related ones
> on the right.
> b) If the Ubuntu button were to be moved right, window buttons could
> be slightly shifted to the left corner. That means that there would be
> two very useful corners, quickly reachable by mouse (as per Fitts's
> law) -- the left one for closing an application, the right one for all
> the things the Ubuntu button will do.
> c) As the Ubuntu button can act as a "hot corner", it makes sense to
> put it on the right, away from application-related buttons. That way,
> when you're working with an app, you won't accidentally trigger the
> launcher.
> d) If applications have vertical toolbars/sidebars, they're often on
> the left (e. g. most image editing apps have "Tools" on the left, most
> file browsers have a left sidebar, etc.), so they are, of course,
> easier to target when there's no launcher on the left.
> 
> 
> Would it be possible to add this option?
> 

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/675119>
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415>
 ;-)

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Cheers,
Vish