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[shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well on the last topic regarding the top left corner, the conversation just
abruptly stopped with no more responses after a dev posted a patch.

And I don't see how the launcher being tied to dash mean it has to be on
the left.

On 18 May 2012 08:32, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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