I'm not trying to arm-chair anything. Inquiring minds want to know. What are
the obvious improvements?
Go try it.
Everyone I showed it to, except certain folks on this list, have found
it better. What's your evidence?
Never mind. Maybe Betty will give an actual answer.
Hi. Now that I'm back in the Winter wonderland, snow and all, I have my
answer.
The programs I use are mostly professional page layout, image editing,
NLE video editing, drawing programs, also browsers and an email client.
They all have some kind of important information located at the bottom
of windows or tools that I usually place at the bottom of the screen.
Final Cut need all the space I can give it, and usually more. Photoshop
and InDesign have tools in windows that rest ["magnetically"] and
minimize at the bottom of the screen. You could put them elsewhere, but
that often interferes with working on documents. The basic tools are in
a toolbar at the left of the screen, but can be placed slightly away
from the hidden dock.
Both browsers and email clients have important information in the status
bar[s] at the bottom of the window. Keeping the dock open at the bottom
covers up that data. Hiding it at the bottom makes it more likely that
it will appear when least helpful. Placing a dock on the right gets in
the way of scroll bars.
New displays have 16:9 format instead of 4:3, leaving less room
vertically for viewing. Add a dock or taskbar and that reduces viewing
area that has already been reduced by the new screen ratio. Docks and
taskbars aren't important most of the time. Hiding them gives more room
to work, play, read, write, be entertained during the other 99% of your
time. I use my mouse right-handed so it's easier for me to move from
right to left on the screen. My Dock is hidden on the left.
YMMV. Try the locations and see which works best for you, but consider
how each program works. Does this help?
Betty
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