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[Sunil Singh Rana <sunil.rana@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 15:21, Gino Vincenzini <openmysourcecode@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I understand what people are saying but I agree that it makes little sense
> to try desperately to preserve the vertical space by sticking the launcher
> on the left side in an app ecosystem designed for the launcher or dock to
> be at the bottom.
>
Very well said. Thanks for putting it so clearly.


> If that be the case then the reasons that integrate the menu bar with the
> launcher are no longer relevant, because why the launcher should be on the
> side in the first place is a fundamental idea. Honestly I think the best
> way to handle that is to default to the bottom, allow some cool integration
> when on the left side and let the user pick in the settings. But that's
> just my opinion.
> On Dec 1, 2011 4:11 AM, "Sunil Singh Rana" <sunil.rana@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 05:18, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Many Apps also use the bottom and right edges too. Totem, for example.
>>>
>>
>> Agree. Specially the right side is always used by scroll bar of the
>> application. Totems still have one bar, which mention time, in between. But
>> the back arrow of the browser, one of the most use apps, is too close to
>> the left bar. Quite some web-interfaces, Gmail for example,  also have a
>> lot of links very close to left edge.
>> I hope I made it clear. Left side panel will remain annoying unless we
>> come up with a well thought out mouse gesture to call the panel.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>  On Nov 29, 2011 6:02 PM, "Sunil Singh Rana" <sunil.rana@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Friends,
>>>> I hope all of you are having fun. :)
>>>>
>>>> Saving the vertical space could be a founding block, but a foundation
>>>> should be consistent with all the foundations. we can't ignore the fact
>>>> that most application uses the space close to left edge for navigation
>>>> within itself; for example: back button of a browser. It is normal that
>>>> launcher on the left will keep appearing as an uninvited guest and shall
>>>> keep annoying. I wonder how many user actually notices the more vertical
>>>> space available to them but I am sure many of them get annoyed with this
>>>> unnecessary revelation of the launcher. Secondly, the top left corner
>>>> becomes a problem to give a consistent design.
>>>>
>>>> It is difficult to take a completely new approach, take it as an axiom
>>>> and, at the same time, fit it to the traditional approaches which are built
>>>> on completely different set of axiom.
>>>>
>>>>  I think -- I might be wrong -- most application assumes that the
>>>> launcher would be at the bottom and this leaves the bottom side free from
>>>> any button.
>>>>
>>>> We really need to focus on consistency and universality of the
>>>> experience. I think these things has added plenty to the success of mac.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 19:54, Chad M/ Germann <cgermann@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 18:31 +0100, Swapnil Bhartiya 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
>>>>> >
>>>>> > That's not a very good design. The whole point of unity was to save
>>>>> > vertical space and use horizontal space. This is quite opposite,
>>>>> leaving
>>>>> > even lesser space. Instead a thinner bottom panel like LinuxMint 12
>>>>> may
>>>>> > be more 'practical' where users can see running apps and switch
>>>>> easily.
>>>>>
>>>>> that may be the case but it eliminates the strict "It mist be this way"
>>>>> fascism that unity currently represents.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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सुनील राणा

"Unselfishness is more paying only people have not the patience to practice
it."

" 'I love you' is a wrong sentence as where, there exist 'I' and 'you' love
can not. Love is an attribute of the absolute."