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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

What about including an button to shrink the Dash to non-full screen mode?
That means that it could remember the last setting and adjust to the user's
preferences, without needing a setting anywhere.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 08:42, Jonathan Meek <shrouded.cloud@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Unity, as of my last checking, only uses fullscreen for above
> 1280x800. I know this because my lapop uses 1280x720 and switched Dash
> to Desktop mode. I agree that it should be made available in CCSM,
> though. Make the option readily usable instead of hidden away.
>
> On 3/17/11, Bilal Akhtar <bilalakhtar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 03/17/2011 12:54 PM, frederik.nnaji@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 05:44, Muhammad Nabil
> >> <ottoman.kent@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dash in full screen looks better. Thanks.
> >>>
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >> keeping the dash small would make sense, if another object could be
> >> displayed beside it on the same level / layer, but that doesn't seem to
> be
> >> the case, so it should rather utilize all the space.
> >> transparancy keeps the stuff below visually accessible, that's good to
> >> keep
> >> a map of the desktop, even when you're in the dash.
> >
> > I don't think this would be good when the resolution is high (well above
> > 1280x800). It would require unnecessary mouse movements.
> >
> > Unity should detect when the resolution is low, then make dash
> > full-screen automatically (IIRC this happens when resolution is 1024x600
> > or lower).
> >
> > Also Unity should add a user-friendly option, either in ccsm or at a
> > more accessible location, which makes dash full-screen automatically.
> > The current way to set this is to use dconf-editor, and we don't expect
> > new users to know this.
> >
> > Bilal Akhtar.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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