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Tog Takes on Mac OS X 10.3
Rick Zeman writes "Bruce 'Tog' Tognazzini, founder of Apple's Human Interface Group years ago, has finally pointed his electrons to Mac OS X 10.3. He's been dormant for while, and hasn't said anything since the early days of Mac OS X. His new articles include 'Panther: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly' and 'The Top Nine Reasons why the Dock Sucks,' all coming from A Guy Who Knows."
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How to make your Mac a Monster Machine
Panther: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Top 10 reasons why the dock still sucks
I think most of the problem is centered around "But the Dock is stupid because OS 9 did this instead.
No, the dock is stupid because it combines the Applications menu with the running processes menu. The only way to differentiate between apps that are running and apps that aren't is a tiny little black triangle. It makes switching between apps a pain in the ass because you have to sort through a bunch of apps that AREN'T running. It just leads to clutter and confusion.
I use DragThing simply because I can have a process list at the bottom (which works sanely, alt-clicking on an icon hides all other apps and shows the app you clicked on.. something the Dock should have done), and a nice categorized app launcher at the top.
The only way to categorize your dock is to make folders which then don't open like menus unless you click and hold... which is retarded.
I have yet to see someone use the dock proficiently. There's a lot of hunting trying to locate the app they wish to switch to.