Yes, the Gnome 3 and Windows 8 user interfaces went down this route as well.<p>Going back to Unity, whilst I have only used it in passing, based on that experience I can&#x27;t think of a feature that I&#x27;d miss from a more &#x27;traditional&#x27; desktop interface. The only minor things I found jarring were the online search results in desktop search (which I believe has been disabled in 16.04) and a slightly clunky look to the search results (which is just an implementation detail, could be something that is refined in the future). Is there something you&#x27;d want from Unity that it doesn&#x27;t currently offer?<p>FWIW, I think the Windows 8 desktop interface was a mistake. There was too much hidden away. It also didn&#x27;t feel cohesive to me (the jump from metro to desktop and vice versa was too jarring IMO). Metro works really well as a phone UI though (I&#x27;m using it now, I think its greatest strength is probably the speed of navigation through the interface).