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I think that this sounds like a brilliant idea, although it would have to be implemented correctly, or else it could make the launcher bar clunky. I do agree that the launcher should be more transparent when above windows. It's current implementation can be slightly obtrusive. 


From: frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Feb 22, 2011 5:06 AM
Subject: [Ayatana] semantic hide
To: Ayatana List <ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>how about this:

when i did a quick unity --replace earlier today, i realized that certain launchers tucked them selves away later than all the others...
while that was probably a bug.. how about semantic aka selective hiding?




i would find it extremely cool to see those apps which are running disappear only a bit later than the other launchers.. this would make the launcher feel useful and smart, it would be "well behaved". Another thing would be to hide the launchers even faster, when an application (window) is open maximized in the foreground. The hiding behaviour should be a bit "better", it would be more polite to either be more transparent above windows and/or to hide sooner.


what do you think?are there other hiding features that might be useful for the unity launchers?