Unity launcher is easy to trigger when reaching for the browser "back" button

[Feathertail]

Binary package hint: unity

PROBLEM

It's very easy to overshoot a web browser's back button, commonly located at the left-most edge of the window, and make the Unity launcher menu thing slide out instead. This means a moment of dancing with the mouse cursor before I'm able to click "back" like I intended to.

HOW TO REPRODUCE

1. Open Firefox or Chromium.
2. Navigate to a page.
3. Attempt to click the "back" button without triggering the launcher.

EXPECTED BEHAVIOR

A commonly-performed task will be easy to execute, and will not punish users for deviating from an exact procedure. It's often easier to "bounce" the mouse cursor off the edge of the screen and reposition it over the back button, than it is to move to the back button and stop right on top of it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity 3.8.10-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,resize,grid,vpswitch,compiztoolbox,gnomecompat,regex,imgpng,mousepoll,move,place,session,animation,workarounds,wall,expo,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,scale,unityshell]
Date: Tue Apr 26 17:53:40 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-14 (12 days ago)

[Eric Appleman (erappleman)]

This also applies to the button closing the Find bar.