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Mark,
We understand that there is a cost to every option, that is not the issue. The issue is whether it is a good trade off, I am sure you understand that too, otherwise why not just remove all options and then end of story? I think the disagreement is whether including the dodge is a good trade off, many of us think it is because this is a very nice feature that makes Unity look and feel really sophisticated. Moreover, it is not a new feature request, it is something that has been working very well since Natty, therefore we don't think it is an unreasonable request, it is not like we expect you to create something new from scratch.
The reason you gave is that some new users may be confused, now some of us are actually new users under any reasonable definition. As someone above mentioned he has started using Ubuntu only since Oneric. Is that new enough? I am sure there are more new users who would feel the same, but they just don't know that the dodge is removed in 12.04 and how to file a bug report.
I don't know how you conduct your focus groups and how many people you have surveyed, but here there are almost 90 people who care enough to file a bug report,--as usual people who care enough to file a bug report are just a small percent of those who feel the same but either too lazy to or not knowing how. The list seems to be growing everyday too. I think as far as opinions and feedback go, ours is just as valid as those users who find the dodge confusing.
As an aside I just don't understand how the doge would be "confusing" after maybe 5 minutes of use. If they can't wrap their heads around the dodge then they probably would find all of Unity confusing and windows XP a lot more to their taste. I think this is part of the reason that some of us find your explanation not very convincing. But as other said, all you need to address that would be to change the default.
Finally, please don't be so antagonistic. We are not demanding, this is just a request. As I said before, we do like Unity and appreciate that you and your team has created it. This is not one of those "Unity sucks and why not stick to gnome2" conversations, please don't react as if it is.
Thanks.