Comment 51 for bug 765819

Hadmut, Unity will become more customizable as soon as the developers make it more stable. That's just not possible right now with the huge amount of work to be done. But from what you are saying, clearly what you want is Xubuntu. It's a great spin-off, fully supported by Canonical. Try it out. But please let's stay focused on the issue of this bug.

Maybe when an application is maximized, the launcher could show a small tab in the middle of the left side of the screen, and this would be the only area where we can reveal it. In attached there's a (very amateurish) mock-up.