Comment 305 for bug 668415

Cite from Mark Shuttleworth:

"I think the report actually meant that the launcher should be movable to
other edges of the screen. I'm afraid that won't work with our broader
design goals, so we won't implement that. We want the launcher always
close to the Ubuntu button."

@Mark Shuttleworth

The design goals are fine if you only have ONE single display connceted to youir computer. Than it is absolutely acceptable to nail the launcher to the left side because it doesn't matter much if it is left or right - maybe in most cultures left woul be the best placement.

Anyhow... In multi display setups it is a question of available space and layout of the displays, where the launcher makes sense.

While i can agree that putting it top top or bottom is a bit retro, boring and not really ergonomic, having the ability to putting it to the right side seems to be really useful. Also RTL-Cultures would love it beeing able to move the launcher to the right side - even on a single monitor system.

So i kindly ask you to rethink your standpoint. I cannot see any negative impact to the design goals if users are able to choose whether the launcher is on the left or the right side of the screen.

I hope that canonical can be a bit less dogmatic and a bit more pragmatic. Users demand the ability to move the launcher - so why not making such a small compromise which may give many people a even better feeling using Unity.