Comment 31 for bug 1725384

Well, Johann, while there is _some_ truth in the words you say (and seemingly, you loved Unity as much as I did---did you also notice the massive memory footprint increase with 17.10, by the way?), I must say it needs some time to understand that yours is not SPAM or a troll's message, and we have to open our eyes to see some facts that prove the opposite of what you say. Partially, at least.

- The Ubuntu website was recently overhauled, with an obvious attempt to making "the sexiness of the Ubuntu desktop" appeal to users and vendors alike. With an undeniable focus on sporting Snap packages (hence, the IoT efforts have _at least_ a collateral effect on the Canonical's desktop efforts -- I don't think this is a coincidence). https://www.ubuntu.com/desktop

- Canonical has managed to have a tremendous success with bundling Ubuntu with vendor hardware, specifically with DELL. The DELL website, though there is room for improvement, offers lots and lots of models that come shipped with Ubuntu, some even _only_ with Ubuntu (no Windows available on them---typically, because Windows wouldn't run on that low-end hardware. :-} The price they pay is that, for what I've seen, DELL starts to offer (or had offered) some models also with RedHat Enterprise as an alternative desktop system. (That hurts bad! All the endless efforts, and then a somewhat competitor comes along and gets everything for free.) And, the DELL website is seriously broken. _They_ need to be kicked in their arses! https://dell.com/ubuntu :-{ ("marketing campaigns last for too short" *facepalm*) https://pilot.search.dell.com/ubuntu (the friggin' search is sooo brken!)

- And, yes, everybody seems to know that the GNOME code base is a total mess. But hey, Purism will fix it! *LOL* Seriously, the Purism phone efforts will give the GNU/Linux desktop maybe the final push that will lead to also Ubuntu increase market share on the desktop! (I love the future I see coming! ... even though some aspects of what Canonical needs to do are disturbing, e.g. favor vendors of non-free OSS services with their Snap apps in their marketing--because consumer market wants commercial support more badly than free software!)

TL;DR

The bug, in the GNOME extensions code base and predating(!) the release of 17.10 *facepalm*, must be fixed by "the community". https://github.com/micheleg/dash-to-dock/issues/128 (reported 2014! *LOL*)
Not sure who was so blind to pick that pile of poop to include it with 17.10 w/o at least skimming over the 215 (!) open issues... :-O

Jump in and help to fix it! Canonical is busy with IoT and updating websites! ;-)