Reduce distraction of Launcher items.
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Unity |
Opinion
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unity (Ubuntu) |
Opinion
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
Hi.
Currently, when I do coding, I see huge distruction from unity launcher:
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Colorful stack of icons just get's my attention. While I know there's an options like putting your editor fullscreen or auto-hiding launcher, it doesn't work for me, since I loose features like super-fast visual switch to app I want (by clicking it's icon), or notification that something happened (skype message arrived), which brings me to unhiding launcher from time to time just to see if anything happened. I want to have launcher, but I want it to be not so distractive.
So, one of solutions I came with is to desaturate icons a bit:
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This looks better, but still distractive relative to my code editor. First, I see clear need to also adjust lightness due to your apps (code editor window is dark, so let's also darken our icons). Second, just for experiment, I fully decolorized icons:
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This seems best for me as "non-distractive mode" when I code. I know this feature is our of priority, but maybe one of you will get excited of this one :)
Thanks!
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Opinion |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Opinion |
Note that since Ubuntu 12.10, Launcher icons are less distracting: their backgrounds are only colorful if apps are running, transparent otherwise. Also, you can set the Launcher to "auto hide" mode as a workaround :-)