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    New Launcher, edge channel.

    Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved Lomiri (was Unity8)
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        UniSuperBox
        last edited by UniSuperBox

        Virtual representations of ideas are only equivalent to physical objects by name, in most cases. Just because it's called a Drawer doesn't mean you apply all of your knowledge about a drawer to it.

        Anyway, we're bikeshedding now. I'd prefer something that proves that changing the drawer is better, not conjecture.

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          The comment that sparked off this discussion was more about esthetics than function. Let's wait and see if @UniSuperBox's suggestions will be taken up and we can have new suggestions that both work and are an improvement on what we have now, if possible.

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            dobey @arubislander
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            @arubislander said in New Launcher, edge channel.:

            The comment that sparked off this discussion was more about esthetics than function.

            The problem with this though is that we cannot ship something which is optimally designed to a single person's preferred aesthetic. We need to design things that are usable by as many people as possible, if we want UT to gain a significant user base. That means things need to be visually obvious, accessible, etc… and we must think from the point of views of others to accomplish such a design.

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              A Former User @dobey
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              @dobey
              The three dots have been on the notifications drop down for ages... it wasn't obvious to me what they did until someone pointed it out fairly recently. 😕

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                kugiigi @Guest
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                @3arn0wl Do you mean it wasn't obvious that it's a handle for dragging and closing the drawer?
                Personally I got it right from the start, well I guess that's because I've used the drawer pre-handle so I immediately noticed the change. To me, it is perfectly usable and intuitive and definitely an improvement from the mess it was before.
                I guess it's just that it doesn't look great especially on larger screens but I'd take usable than pretty any day of the week 🙂

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                  A Former User @kugiigi
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                  @kugiigi said in New Launcher, edge channel.:

                  @3arn0wl Do you mean it wasn't obvious that it's a handle for dragging and closing the drawer?

                  For dragging it, yes. I thought you had to have your fingers over the icons at the top. Once I found out, I did suggest some tiny < > icons in stead.. but I'm not sure, on reflection.

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                    dobey @Guest
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                    @3arn0wl said in New Launcher, edge channel.:

                    For dragging it, yes. I thought you had to have your fingers over the icons at the top. Once I found out, I did suggest some tiny < > icons in stead.. but I'm not sure, on reflection.

                    The indentation dots and similar have been used for quite a long time as "grip" indicators in GUIs, for objects which may be dragged, such as toolbars and pane handles. This is because it is a bit skeuomorphic given how physical objects have such designs as a means of increasing surface area contact as your skin presses into them when squeezing (thus increasing the "grip" you have on them).

                    So, while I wouldn't be surprised if you consciously didn't recognize this, the visual indication of this type is used to create a subconscious realization.

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                      dieharddan @B2288
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                      @B2288 said in New Launcher, edge channel.:

                      I think the gray bar on the right with the three dots is ugly. Would there be any issue removing it?

                      I personally don't think its all too bad really. What I think is ugly is the large, square, orange ubuntu icon in the corner!

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                        rebellion @dieharddan
                        last edited by rebellion

                        @dieharddan just work on launcherPanel.qml: replace the icon child of the rectangle (id: bfb) at the beginning of the qml file with a qml Image type with right size and wanted source. Like this (where I also made the launcherPanel transparent):

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                          Salah @rebellion
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                          @rebellion Hello,

                          Can it be done on version 20.04?? I have digged inside and could not find unity8 folder.

                          Also can you make top panel transparent?

                          If yes, could you please elaborate steps?

                          Thanks,

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                            Keneda @Salah
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                            @Salah said in New Launcher, edge channel.:

                            and could not find unity8 folder.

                            Maybe try with "lomiri" as it's the new name for unity8.

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                              Salah @Keneda
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                              @Keneda I see.

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