How many times a day do you accidentally bring up the Unity bar?

[effenberg0x0]

The past week I've been using GNOME Shell so I haven't had this problem

The pop-out Unity launcher isn't too big of a deal to me but I think a lot of users would benefit from it being never-hide.

Exactly. For those with a large enough monitor, who can spare a little screen space, there's a real productivity gain in having the launcher always on screen. When icons are at size 32, it really doesn't occupy much space anyway.

[younglemon]

A couple times a day probably, but like someone posted earlier, its not as bad with a big screen. I like the unity bar. I didn't at first but the more I cutomize it the better I like it

[mc4man]

Exactly. For those with a large enough monitor, who can spare a little screen space, there's a real productivity gain in having the launcher always on screen. When icons are at size 32, it really doesn't occupy much space anyway.

I use to in natty like to switch between autohide & never, mainly for fullscreen videos, sometimes just because. Now it's more dodge & never. (though still at times like the clean desktop look of auto

To make it easier use a little toggle switch via a script & launcher -

#!/bin/bash
key_value=$(gconftool --get /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/launcher_hide_mode)
echo $key_value | grep "0"
if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] ; then
gconftool --type Integer --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/launcher_hide_mode 2
else
gconftool --type Integer --set /apps/compiz-1/plugins/unityshell/screen0/options/launcher_hide_mode 0
fi

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Exec=toggle1
Name=Toggle Launcher
Icon=dvdisaster

[VinDSL]

The pop-out Unity launcher isn't too big of a deal to me but I think a lot of users would benefit from it being never-hide.

Good point!

That's the first thing I did (never hide launcher) the first day I used Unity.

Never hid it since...

[philinux]

CCSM Hide launcher = Never.

Suits me. I never had my gnome 2 panels autohide either.

[MacUntu]

CCSM Hide launcher = Never.

Suits me. I never had my gnome 2 panels autohide either.

Heh, I switched with Unity. Never liked panels hiding and I certainly wouldn't want to hide Unity's top panel, but the launcher bar doesn't offer any real information that I'm not already aware of, so: hide it!

To get back to topic: never. I raised the edge trigger delay and if I really really want the launcher to appear NOW, then I hit the Super key.

BTW: Why do we call it "Super" key? It has a friggin Windows sticker on it - nothing super about that.

[Janeson89]

Not quite often, as I use keyboard short-cut more...
But I don't quite like unity after all. Too few configuration to be made, too many confusing problems(why there's a mail indicator when it never checks for new mail automatically, why there's a online-account setting but it appears to do nothing at all, etc.), and not practical.

And after the disappointment on Gnome 3 later on,(Why is everything has the trend to turn out ugly after all?) I'm finally forced to use KDE, and it works out fine. It's clumsy, but work out fine. And you can configure it out to look and use better. Try out, if you like.

[lucazade]

btw: Why do we call it "super" key? It has a friggin windows sticker on it - nothing super about that.

lol

[Stovey]

I like how the launcher hides, it gives me more screen real-estate, and looks nifty when it pops in and out. It pops up for me occasionally when I reach for the back button though (maybe once or twice a day).

...BTW: Why do we call it "Super" key? It has a friggin Windows sticker on it - nothing super about that.

Maybe it should be called the "FLAG" key; it looks like a flag to me, and besides I can think of a clever acronym that includes "Lame" and "GUI".

[kurt18947]

Heh, I switched with Unity. Never liked panels hiding and I certainly wouldn't want to hide Unity's top panel, but the launcher bar doesn't offer any real information that I'm not already aware of, so: hide it!

To get back to topic: never. I raised the edge trigger delay and if I really really want the launcher to appear NOW, then I hit the Super key.

BTW: Why do we call it "Super" key? It has a friggin Windows sticker on it - nothing super about that.

Not if you put an Ubuntu sticker on it .