hamstermoon
June 3rd, 2011, 01:11 AM
Hi Everyone,
I was just looking for a place to have a bit of a moan (and get some constructive feedback to my comments) about the placing of the application switcher on the new Unity desktop.
I am a computer user who unfortunately, due to no fault of my own, only have one usefully functioning eye. This is my right one, and I have also had quite extensive surgery on the muscles in both eyes so they are "cosmetically" pleasing and so that to the casual observer can't actually spot I have a problem. Kudos to the NHS in the UK for all the work they have done on me!
What I have been left with, however, is a preference for things either on the right of my screen or at the top or bottom. I can't use wide screens at all (too much switching back and forth for the poor one eye and puliing on muscle scar tissues) and was happy to see I could put a mac-like dock at the bottom of my screen. I happily use Docky!
Now my geek friend Kevin tells me with Unity I could still have docky, but I would have the problem of the application switcher still on the left cluttering up (and confusing) my nice clean desktop. Along with the eye problem I got landed with dyslexia and dyspraxia so I try and keep things as uncluttered and uncomplicated as possible.
If I can't move the launcher (I read something quoted from Mark Shuttleworth on Wikipedia about it needing to minimise to that point on the screen) can I get rid of it all together? Then I could happily carry on with Docky as before.
I am thinking of shifting back to Lucid to give me a couple of more years grace on my laptop until minds are made up about Unity. I might even have to switch over to Kbuntu or Xbuntu if they make my life easier. I am just not wanting to give up on Linux just because I have problems with the screen!
I was just looking for a place to have a bit of a moan (and get some constructive feedback to my comments) about the placing of the application switcher on the new Unity desktop.
I am a computer user who unfortunately, due to no fault of my own, only have one usefully functioning eye. This is my right one, and I have also had quite extensive surgery on the muscles in both eyes so they are "cosmetically" pleasing and so that to the casual observer can't actually spot I have a problem. Kudos to the NHS in the UK for all the work they have done on me!
What I have been left with, however, is a preference for things either on the right of my screen or at the top or bottom. I can't use wide screens at all (too much switching back and forth for the poor one eye and puliing on muscle scar tissues) and was happy to see I could put a mac-like dock at the bottom of my screen. I happily use Docky!
Now my geek friend Kevin tells me with Unity I could still have docky, but I would have the problem of the application switcher still on the left cluttering up (and confusing) my nice clean desktop. Along with the eye problem I got landed with dyslexia and dyspraxia so I try and keep things as uncluttered and uncomplicated as possible.
If I can't move the launcher (I read something quoted from Mark Shuttleworth on Wikipedia about it needing to minimise to that point on the screen) can I get rid of it all together? Then I could happily carry on with Docky as before.
I am thinking of shifting back to Lucid to give me a couple of more years grace on my laptop until minds are made up about Unity. I might even have to switch over to Kbuntu or Xbuntu if they make my life easier. I am just not wanting to give up on Linux just because I have problems with the screen!