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[Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>]

I read the "A better Linux Desktop" article and the author proposed removing
the launcher, this is what I think is the strength of Unity. Although it was
an interesting read.

I have actually been thinking of how you could merge the top panel elements
into the launcher elegantly and I will create a mockup of how this could be
done in the near future :)

2011/5/20 Ed Lin <edlin280@xxxxxxxxx>

> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Niklas Rosenqvist
> <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Ed Lin proposed several solutions to the global menu "problem" in the
> > ayatana thread "Thoughts on Unity design". But one thing that people tend
> to
> > forget when talking about removing the global menu an/or the top panel.
> > If we remove the top panel where would we put the app indicators? Since
> they
> > are supposed to behave like nifty, easy accessible, little applications
> they
> > completely loose their functionality if they should be hidden. If this
> could
> > be solved with a good solution then there would really be nothing that
> > prevents removing the top panel. Maybe by having a bottom-panel which
> > reveals when the cursor is at the bottom of the screen?
>
> Hi!
> Here's a link to said email:
> https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/msg05848.html
>
> This might be of interest:
> http://pastehtml.com/view/1e1uiox.html#mozTocId309447
> about top vs bottom bar and an idea how to make the info area always
> visible without having it take up any space.
>
> This design doesn't have a sidebar/launcher. I'd really favor putting
> the clock and whatever indicators need to be visible all the time into
> the sidebar. As mentioned this would mean that the autohide of the
> launcher needs to be disabled by default. Not really a trade-off given
> the wide-screen nature of netbooks and tablets. In fact I'd argue for
> disabling autohide by default regardless of whether the top panel is
> going to be removed or not. For new users it the launcher would be
> more discoverable, less confusing, for everyone it would be faster to
> access.
>
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