Unity breaks basic UI principles

[PleegWat]

On 04/28/2011 09:26 PM, Rodrigo López Dato wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:30, gvim<gvimrc at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> The Dock-like sidebar is a good idea - at least now the application icons
>> look professional - but it should be configurable. Without options it's just
>> an imposition. Ubuntu - stop dictating. Linux is about options.
>
> What exactly do you mean by "configurable"?

The most important aspect (which icons are on the side bar) is already 
configurable. However, I'd like to be able to configure the following, 
and haven't found any of them yet:

* The side of the screen it's on. It's on the left side of the primary 
monitor, which plain doesn't work if you've got a second monitor on the 
left-hand side of the primary
* Autohide. I've got enough screen real estate (1080x3200 on 2 screens). 
I'd much rather have the sidebar on 'always visible'.
* Let me pick what to show in the main (ubuntu logo/windows button) 
menu. Of the 8 icons there, 4 are not important enough to me to get such 
a prominent position, and some others would likely also get demoted. 
Additionally, allow me to reduce the icon size - there's room for way 
more in there than is on it currently.
* 'Apps available for download'. If I'm using the search feature to find 
an application, I can see this having a use, but if I want to start an 
application I know I've already got installed I'd much rather have more 
entries on 'most frequently used', have 'all apps' expanded by default, 
and hide 'available for download' altogether.

If anyone knows how to configure any of that, or has a pointer to a 
guide on how to configure unity to your liking, I'm open for suggestions.

PleegWat