Written by louisdk the 9 May 11 at 22:45.
Related project: Unity.
Status: Already implemented
Rationale
When you maximize an application in Unity the launcher will disappear to the left side.
Personally I find this pretty annoying because I loose the overview of my desktop and what application I've opened.
The main reason with Unity is to inspire more "non-geeks" to try and hopefully use Ubuntu and I think that they feel the same way.
The launcher is a great way to see what applications you have launched. It's a great way to quickly launch new applications and open the menu so you easly can explore Ubuntu, so I don't think that it should be auto-hided.