Comment 209 for bug 668415

This glimpse of multi-monitor support for Pangolin just came in from OMG Ubuntu:

www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/multi-monitor-support-to-improve-in-ubuntu-12-04-video

I'm not sure what I'm seeing, exactly, but it looks as if the Launcher is being duplicated on *all* monitors. This seems to fly in the fact of Unity's claim to maximize screen real estate: here, we're swallowing screen real estate everywhere. I makes more sense to me to let the user decide which monitor the Launcher should go, and on which screen edge it should appear. But, yeah, "won't fix," I get it.

I realize this is just an early demo, but at the very least it shows that the Unity team is not ignoring multi-monitor support for the future, and Pangolin may deliver ... something.

And I guess OMG Ubuntu is taking the role of community engagement that Ubuntu is not doing itself. Why couldn't Ubuntu folk just told us that they are experimenting with alternative solution, and linked us to a wiki somewhere, instead of the curt "won't fix"? Look at this hundreds of negative comments... So much ill will could have been averted by just being more transparent with us.