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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

Both of these topics have been beaten to death. You can't move the launcher
because it gets tied to the panel by dash.
On May 17, 2012 2:28 PM, "Ryan Gauger" <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  On 05/17/2012 03:24 PM, shane lee wrote:
>
> 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:
>
>>
>>
>> -------- 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>
>>
>> Something has been bugging me about unity ever since the the behaviour
>> of the window buttons was changed to hide with the global menu.
>>
>> That thing is the top left corner of the desktop:
>> [image: Screenshot at 2012/03/05 20:24:22] <http://s17.postimage.org/5m0uf8n5n/>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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/>
>>
>> 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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>
>
>  I don't see any reason why the launcher could not be moved either. +1 for
> your suggestion.
>
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