>> * the Dock - when hidden pops up, when not applications either during
>> launch or when they want attention 'bounce'. Also no way to turn this
>> peice of junk off.
>
>The bounce can be turned off when launching. The bounce when they want
>attention is no different from the flashing menu icon in earlier OSs.
>And the Dock is not a piece of junk; it's one of the best UI features
>ever to appear.
sorry - but the dock breaks most UI guidlines.
1 - it is NOT removable - you can NOT turn it off
2 - the various animations (on by default) are a distraction to the user
3 - it inteferes with the normal and consistant operation of other
programs (including the finder) as there is no location where it is *NOT*
in the way. As some examples:
* on the bottom it interferes with the viewing of the status/page
location in MS word and excel. If itis hidden then it inteferse when
tryin gto enter a new zoom factor in Photoshop.
* on the right it interferse with access to drives, and docments mounted
on the desktop.
* on the left - many applications have tool bars (floating pallets and
such) that (at least as default) star on the left edge of the screen.
BTW - the exact same thing can be said of winblows task bar
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government will will disable us from descerning a good one."
Thomas Paine - Common Sense, Feb 14 1776
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