Comment 26 for bug 1165420

@ted: I'm interested in the rationale behind this decision. Could you link to the documents about the design change? A wiki page, an email on a list? I've done a quick google and not found anything.

For those looking for workarounds, there are a couple on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2181447 - the most reasonable being Alt-F10, left arrow, to get to the indicator menus. Nowhere near as good as the HUD, but do-able. Gnome-do would be another option.