Comment 8 for bug 82504

I am quite baffled to see that this issue is still not resolved after more than a year!
I am part of those who want -actually, drool everyday to the thought of- ubuntu taking over the PC majority market share, but I am unhappy to say that these few bugs are not helping.
I am still wondering why this bug was given a "low" importance. It is part of the 'everyday use' of the Gnome environment. In other words, it is one of GNOME's most used functions by the users, and is also one of the first things they see when they are using GNOME. As such, any error in that panel, which is a main interaction idea- will take away from the excitement of users to use this Operating System. This error is not one that only advanced users of GNOME will encounter; on all operating systems, a reliable auto-hide function of the panels is usually the norm. I fail to see how we can make the software suite look professional if the first time a new user from the legacy OS tries to attempt his first modification by enabling autohide on his panel, he finds that contrarily to what he's used to, the panel decides every once in a while not to do as it's told.
Please do give this the importance it deserve. It is not just a customization issue, it is also, and more importantly, a reliability issue.