Comment 154 for bug 930148

I'm curious about whether any alternatives were tested to see if there was a way to implement dodge that was not confusing. What exactly confused them? What did they do when the launchbar disappeared? I would think most would simply unmaximize the app. Unless they couldn't do that because the window controls disappeared.

Dodge when maximizing, at least, just strikes me as a great feature that deserves some effort to try and communicate it to the user. Perhaps users would figure it out if the animation were different, or if the last few pixels of the launchbar remained visible. I just cannot believe there is no way to free up that space and remove distractions from a maximized app without confusing the user.

In addition, both Mac OS Lion and Windows 8 are pushing similar features (Lion has fullscreen, Windows 8 has an autohiding charm menu). So users coming from other platforms will soon get used to the idea that taskbars/launchbars/docks can be covered or hidden.