Unity-2D 5.4 landed in Ubuntu 12.04 with redesigned buttons and new features

Submitted by razvi on February 18, 2012 - 22:24

Unity 5.4 has already been released, adding new features (including a new lens, Unity Video lens) and overall polish.

Unity-2D shares code with Unity, thus being more and more closer to its development phase, meaning, after every Unity release (with features, UI improvements, etc), Unity-2D follows almost the same additions (there are, isolate cases, where a feature is first introduced in Unity-2D, then released into the 3D version).

Unity-2D has landed in Ubuntu 12.04, bringing long-awaited improvements, making it "hard" to distinguish (from an appearance point-of-view) from Unity 3D.

What is new in Unity-2D 5.4?

  • Dash's home view features Recent Apps, Recent Files and Downloads

  • when the Dash is opened, the top bar becomes transparent (a plus towards consistency)

  • redesigned top bar's close/minimize/maximize buttons
  • improved Dash "memory" (remembers its last state, like maximized/fullscreen, meaning, if the Dash is maximized and closed, when it is opened again will be in fullscreen mode)
  • functional new default lens, Unity Video lens

  • by default, the launcher is locked to the desktop, to auto-hide it, navigate to System Settings-->Appearance-->Behavior-->check Auto-hide the Launcher ON
  • minor UI improvements
  • overall speed increase
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