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Ubuntu Unity 5.0 is out and ready for testing

55 points by adeelarshad82 15y ago

bokchoi 15y ago
Ugh. Here it is all on one page: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/113345-ubuntu-unity-5-0-is-out-and-ready-for-testing?print http://www.extremetech.com/computing/113345-ubuntu-unity-5-0... but don't bother reading it, the article doesn't say very much.
- mrsebastian 15y ago
  It's just a walkthrough of the new features in Unity 5, and some tips on getting going, if you have your own 12.04 testbed installation. I don't think it's meant to 'say' very much.
sciurus 15y ago
This Unity developers blog describes the new QA processes they're using. http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Releasing-a-precise-Unity-5.0-to-Ubuntu-12.04 http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Releasing-a-precise-Unity-5.0-t...
scriptproof 15y ago
1) We are used to have the toolbar at bottom. 2) This makes room for more icons. 3) It is better to lose some space horizontally because we have windows side by side horizontally, usually. Then, why a vertical toolbar?
- waitwhat 15y ago
  Netbooks (or more generally: small screen devices) where you can more easily lose a few pixels from the side than the bottom.
  - Legion 15y ago
    I keep reading people saying this, but my netbook screen is 1024px wide, and eating up any of that space turns websites into things that must be scrolled horizontally as well as vertically. Unity ruined Ubuntu on my netbook because of that. Sites that I read before no longer fit in the screen width, including Ubuntu's own homepage. I dumped that noise and installed LXDE and made my netbook usable again.
    - trotsky 15y ago
      The default behavior of unity is to hide itself if you are using that space. You also have a number of options: Hide Launcher: * Never * Autohide * Dodge Windows * Dodge Active Window (the last is the default)
      - nkassis 15y ago
        There is one thing that really annoy me with the autohide feature. When you want to close the window the launcher often gets in the way. My mother got a little annoyed at this since I upgraded her computer to 11.10.
        SkyMarshal 15y ago
        Interesting, what was throwing her off? The way the orange-circle-x close window button is now hidden until you mouse over the window title bar? http://i.imgur.com/zKgJ0.png http://i.imgur.com/zKgJ0.png
        trotsky 15y ago
        You might find you'd like to change the "edge reveal timeout" which is actually the time it waits before the launcher reveals. The default is set to 150ms, but I like it much better at 300ms. You can also change the launcher edge to the right, but that probably has more issues with scrolling. All of that is set in CompizConfig Settings Manager.
      - keithpeter 15y ago
        True, and I personally find the default setting ok using Unity 2d (desktop with blacklisted graphics card) and Unity (netbook). However this same logic means that the Launcher position could be made optional without detriment. 12.04 is currently in an 'interesting' state, so I'm waiting for the repositories to update before exploring Unity 5 on the netbook.
- pan69 15y ago
  I don't really care that Unity is forcing this ridiculous vertical toolbar onto us since I don't use it anyway. What worries me more is the fact Gnome seems to follow this distasteful trend. As if my 27" high-resolution workstation display needs a bunch of massive icons on it.
hotice 15y ago
Oh yeah, split 3 relatively minor changes on 6 pages :/
sutro 15y ago
Never again.
g3orge 15y ago
I actually like the look, but the thing I hate about Unity is the menu-bar. I hope they will fix it.
rauar 15y ago
wish the laucher would be more quicksilvr like. e.g.launches best match on hitting return and open by some keystroke. not used it a lot yet - just a very first, quick impression on the released version...
thetrendycyborg 15y ago
It's almost perfect, I just wish it were uglier.
robwgibbons 15y ago
I for one still enjoy me some Gnome. Unity tickles my horizontal scrollbar bone and my netbook doesn't like being tickled

55 points by adeelarshad82 15y ago

Ugh. Here it is all on one page: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/113345-ubuntu-unity-5-0-is-out-and-ready-for-testing?print http://www.extremetech.com/computing/113345-ubuntu-unity-5-0... but don't bother reading it, the article doesn't say very much.

mrsebastian 15y ago
It's just a walkthrough of the new features in Unity 5, and some tips on getting going, if you have your own 12.04 testbed installation. I don't think it's meant to 'say' very much.

sciurus 15y ago

This Unity developers blog describes the new QA processes they're using. http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Releasing-a-precise-Unity-5.0-to-Ubuntu-12.04 http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Releasing-a-precise-Unity-5.0-t...

scriptproof 15y ago

1) We are used to have the toolbar at bottom. 2) This makes room for more icons. 3) It is better to lose some space horizontally because we have windows side by side horizontally, usually. Then, why a vertical toolbar?

waitwhat 15y ago
Netbooks (or more generally: small screen devices) where you can more easily lose a few pixels from the side than the bottom.
- Legion 15y ago
  I keep reading people saying this, but my netbook screen is 1024px wide, and eating up any of that space turns websites into things that must be scrolled horizontally as well as vertically. Unity ruined Ubuntu on my netbook because of that. Sites that I read before no longer fit in the screen width, including Ubuntu's own homepage. I dumped that noise and installed LXDE and made my netbook usable again.
  - trotsky 15y ago
    The default behavior of unity is to hide itself if you are using that space. You also have a number of options: Hide Launcher: * Never * Autohide * Dodge Windows * Dodge Active Window (the last is the default)
    - nkassis 15y ago
      There is one thing that really annoy me with the autohide feature. When you want to close the window the launcher often gets in the way. My mother got a little annoyed at this since I upgraded her computer to 11.10.
      - SkyMarshal 15y ago
        Interesting, what was throwing her off? The way the orange-circle-x close window button is now hidden until you mouse over the window title bar? http://i.imgur.com/zKgJ0.png http://i.imgur.com/zKgJ0.png
      - trotsky 15y ago
        You might find you'd like to change the "edge reveal timeout" which is actually the time it waits before the launcher reveals. The default is set to 150ms, but I like it much better at 300ms. You can also change the launcher edge to the right, but that probably has more issues with scrolling. All of that is set in CompizConfig Settings Manager.
    - keithpeter 15y ago
      True, and I personally find the default setting ok using Unity 2d (desktop with blacklisted graphics card) and Unity (netbook). However this same logic means that the Launcher position could be made optional without detriment. 12.04 is currently in an 'interesting' state, so I'm waiting for the repositories to update before exploring Unity 5 on the netbook.
pan69 15y ago
I don't really care that Unity is forcing this ridiculous vertical toolbar onto us since I don't use it anyway. What worries me more is the fact Gnome seems to follow this distasteful trend. As if my 27" high-resolution workstation display needs a bunch of massive icons on it.

hotice 15y ago

Oh yeah, split 3 relatively minor changes on 6 pages :/

sutro 15y ago

Never again.

g3orge 15y ago

I actually like the look, but the thing I hate about Unity is the menu-bar. I hope they will fix it.

rauar 15y ago

wish the laucher would be more quicksilvr like. e.g.launches best match on hitting return and open by some keystroke. not used it a lot yet - just a very first, quick impression on the released version...

thetrendycyborg 15y ago

It's almost perfect, I just wish it were uglier.

robwgibbons 15y ago

I for one still enjoy me some Gnome. Unity tickles my horizontal scrollbar bone and my netbook doesn't like being tickled