Comment 2 for bug 830404

I will not use Unity unless it becomes *much* more configurable. For a start, the icons have to be shrinkable to the sort of size you can get them down to in GNOME 2. I've been using Ubuntu (Maverick then Natty) for less than a year; the Classic desktop is configurable and I can get it pretty much as I want it. Being forced onto a barely configurable Unity is the last thing I expected or wanted. I also can't stand the Menu Bar for an application getting confused with a part of my desktop which is operating-system-related, not application-related. And I don't get on with looking for things which are hidden until you move the mouse near them.

Why are people being pushed that way? It's clearly been designed for touch screen devices, which many of us don't use, so there's no advantage for us. As a laptop GUI it is, IMHO, not fit for purpose.

I totally agree with David-Sarah Hopwood's concerns and questions. Canonical are losing a lot of goodwill over this divisive "Unity" platform.