Launcher autohides even when unnecessary

[Alessandro Tocci]

Hello,
I am using Ubuntu Precise and I noticed what is in my opinion a regression of the usability of Unity Launcher.

I didn't want to waste screen real estate by keeping the launcher always in place, so I set the autohide mode on; to my big surprise I saw that in this mode the launcher is -always- hidden except when triggered by mouse.

I can't see the point in hiding the launcher even when there are no applications running (or running not in fullscreen mode). This makes me slower to launch applications when I start working, since i have to trigger the launcher. I think the autohide option in the menu should be traded with intellihide, which worked great on my 11.10.

Thank you - and congrats for your great job!

Alessandro

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.8.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CheckboxSubmission: 671bbedab79a1294d37767cd3e570ddf
CheckboxSystem: 0531969bcfd4f03af7405c98dc94a948
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,vpswitch,compiztoolbox,snap,gnomecompat,mousepoll,place,session,imgpng,resize,move,grid,regex,wall,unitymtgrabhandles,animation,workarounds,fade,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Thu Apr 12 13:13:46 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110413)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-12 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.