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[Simon Čopi <vidulisico@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is not a lot of place to launch applications from launcher. I 
don't like that movable (scrolling) launcher to much. And searching for 
an application is also time consuming. For me is better to have a tool 
(an application icon) on a fixed, memorized position. Not at an movable 
scrolling place. If your wife move your hammer 1 meter away from place 
you  you've left it, how many time you need to find it (if you have a 
lot of tools on a table)?

How about to make 2 dimensional launcher like:

B
B
*B B B B B B B* (configurable second dimension)
B
B
B
B
B
B

(B is button, application icon)

That means to add special button(s) and configure it (drag drop?) to 
show desired buttons in a row. So we can launch more applications 
without scroll or search. All desired icons can be 1 move (to show 
launcher and activate second dimension with just move over special 
button) + 1 click away.  Row is invisible unless it is activated, only 
special button is visible. So launcher it could be scrollable as it is, 
plus 2 dimensional.

So the point is that i would like to find a tool on a place where i left it.

I hope it is understandable what i wrote. I am far from perfect in this 
language.

Simon