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[shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx>]

Presumably you mean the styling of the dash outer parts?
If so you mean that styling is more important than functionality?
And also, forcing the launcher to the side (which I prefer, actually) opens
up the problem of the top corner oddness/ugliness which distracts from the
design of the dash anyway.

On 18 May 2012 16:39, Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It's not just tied to the launcher, it's tied to the intersection of the
> launcher and the dash. Thus, if there is no intersection, the design
> doesn't work.
>
> On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 3:46 AM, shane lee <shaneymail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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