Well. Apparently this bug was partially fixed for 16.04 by Marco Trevisan, in a hidden way:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/it-s-official-ubuntu-16-04-lts-now-lets-you-move-the-unity-launcher-to-bottom-501932.shtml
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+MarcoTrevisan/posts/X46usgf7gSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpOJJZFnv4s
And it only took six years.
Well. Apparently this bug was partially fixed for 16.04 by Marco Trevisan, in a hidden way:
http:// news.softpedia. com/news/ it-s-official- ubuntu- 16-04-lts- now-lets- you-move- the-unity- launcher- to-bottom- 501932. shtml
https:/ /plus.google. com/u/0/ +MarcoTrevisan/ posts/X46usgf7g Sk
https:/ /www.youtube. com/watch? v=kpOJJZFnv4s
And it only took six years.