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[Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes since this is unofficial, some elements are less tight but users wanting the launcher at the bottom are not picky and many dont even give any thought to the things you pointed out. Still i must credit the individual that managed to make this different setup usable, which has been asked for many, despite his limited time and resources.

Anyway IMHO the official design of unity is going to keep changing and some things are going to get dropped/added, specially since they want an interface for a wide range of devices.

I for one think it will need to allow more *flexibility* if it wants to succeed in all these areas and for some many different type of users / devices.

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:05:42 -0700
Subject: RE: [Ayatana] unity at the bottom
From: isantop@xxxxxxxxx
To: estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx
CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; sunil.rana@xxxxxxxxx

I mean that the panel is now disconnected from the rest of Unity. With the panel at the bottom, there's no reason for the panel to turn transparent. There's no reason for the Dash's window controls to be in the panel. Having the launcher on the left side is important, because without that, several other points in unity simply don't make any sense.

On Nov 30, 2011 8:16 AM, "Omar B." <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:






what do you mean "it doesnt work"?

you just looked at the first screen and havent tried it.

here are more screens:

http://forum.ubuntu.ru/index.php?topic=171694.0


http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html

but its still in dev of course.



> From: isantop@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:04:03 -0700
> To: sunil.rana@xxxxxxxxx

> CC: ayatana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ayatana] unity at the bottom
> 
> What happens to the top panel with the launcher at the bottom? What

> about the Dash window controls? Without sticking the top panel on the
> left, I don't see how this design works.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 11:01, Sunil Singh Rana <sunil.rana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > I think its a great idea. Design can be modified so that it remain
> > consistent if some user chooses it to be on bottom. I don't really see much
> > philosophy behind the current design; for example: I don't know why the top

> > panel or left panel have to have the grey transparent visual effect when
> > dash is called. I wouldn't mind if the dash shows itself in the center of
> > the screen, without blocking the menus and controls of the previous in-focus

> > application. In the later case, I would be able to drag and drop from the
> > dash to any side of the screen, and the design would look more symmetric.
> >
> > Sunil
> >
> >

> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 18:45, Swapnil Bhartiya <swapnil.bhartiya@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On 11/29/2011 05:55 PM, Christian Rupp wrote:

> >>>
> >>> I know it was discussed several times, but a plug-in finally got it
> >>> working:
> >>> http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/install-ubuntu-unity-bottom-launcher.html

> >>>
> >>> Should we include it in one of ubuntu next releases as a easy to
> >>> activate option
> >>
> >>
> >> On second thoughts I believe, it's a good idea (gives some customisation

> >> to users). Once at the bottom it will be just like Apple Mac's dock. A good
> >> thing may be the option to place the launcher anywhere you want - left/right
> >> or bottom.
> >>

> >> swapnil
> >>
> >>
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