Launcher groups windows of the same application

[James Fisher]

I've been using Unity a few hours. I'm getting really frustrated.

Here's what I don't understand: The distinction between programs and instances is fundamental to using a desktop PC effectively, and yet unity makes an assumption that I'll only ever have one instance of an application open, or at best it looks like multiple-windows have been grudgingly bolted on to Unity.

There are three very simple things that need to be done to fix this:

* ungroup the windows
* display the window titles in the taskbar
* allow moving the taskbar to a long edge of the screen so that window titles are readable

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: unity 5.10.0-0ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,decor,grid,regex,snap,mousepoll,move,animation,workarounds,gnomecompat,resize,compiztoolbox,wall,imgpng,place,session,vpswitch,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,expo,scale,ezoom,unityshell]
Date: Thu Apr 26 22:58:03 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
SourcePackage: unity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[James Plate (james-plate-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for your suggestion. However, the changes you are requesting aren't really a bug and require more discussion, which should be done on an appropriate mailing list or forum. http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists might be a good start for determining which mailing list to use.