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[shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the simplest solution is to allow moving of the launcher.
It was originally said that the launcher would not be moveable because it
needs to be near the dash button but ever since the dash button was placed
on the launcher, I don't see any reason not to be able to move it.

On 17 May 2012 20:41, Pedro Bessa <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> -------- Mensagem original --------  Assunto: Thoughts on the top left
> corner? Can it be done better or prettier?  Data: Mon, 05 Mar 2012
> 21:00:52 -0000  De: shane <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx> <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>  Responder
> a: shane <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx> <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>  Para: Pedro Bessa
> <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx> <pedbessa@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Something has been bugging me about unity ever since the the behaviour
> of the window buttons was changed to hide with the global menu.
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> That thing is the top left corner of the desktop:
> [image: Screenshot at 2012/03/05 20:24:22] <http://s17.postimage.org/5m0uf8n5n/>
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> With the default setup of launcher always showing and a maximized
> window, that top left just looks odd to me.
> When the window buttons were visible, the window title and global menu
> lined up with the maximized window and everything looked normal.
> Since the behaviour was changed it is like that left part of the menu
> bar is overhanging the window and no longer looks part of it, if that
> makes sense.  It just looks terribly ugly to me.
> Although it has no direct affect on usablity, I just find it incredibly
> distracting and I just cannot take my eyes away from the area.
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> I have added a second screenshot which shows the launcher icons at their
> smallest size and the window buttons visible.
> Again, this looks odd in the way the buttons overhang and make things
> look odd again.
> [image: Screenshot at 2012/03/05 20:25:40] <http://postimage.org/image/7oak8h20n/>
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> I'm not sure what the alternatives are but I would be interested to hear
> other people's thoughts on this?
> I cannot help but feel such a visual glitch (for want of a better
> phrase) would never be allowed in other major environments (Windows, OS
> X, KDE Gnome 3 etc).
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