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[Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Josh Strawbridge
<holyknightjoshua@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> "I think the result of the usability test was that people clicked "home
>> folder" icon on launcher expecting the dash."
>
> i'm fairly sure that was a problem caused by how the dash button looked more
> like a logo stuck on the panel than a button to push. granted having a big
> orange button with a house on it could easily be mistaken for something
> other than the home directory by people who are unfamiliar with linux. it
> also probably didn't help that backlights are enabled by default in 11.04
> and orange is a fairly used color in the default theme.
>
> at any rate i don't like the new big orange button. i liked my dash button
> up in the panel... i'd much rather have my window controls on the right and
> dash button where it was in natty and there's already too much on the
> launcher that i'm unable to remove.

There are actually fewer elements fixed on the launcher in Oneiric
since the lenses are now built into the dash. There's the Dash button
at the top, the Trash at the bottom, and the Workspaces button in the
middle. Everything else is removable.