Comments on: More on Leopard’s Looney Tunes Dock http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/ Thoughts about Apple and design Wed, 16 Mar 2011 02:32:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Admin http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-5081 Admin Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:49:50 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/#comment-5081 Old topic but, When I move the dock to the left or right it goes to the original non reflective dock. Place it on the bottom and its reflective and 3-d. But being this is soo long ago Im sure you all figured it out :-) Old topic but,

When I move the dock to the left or right it goes to the original non reflective dock. Place it on the bottom and its reflective and 3-d.

But being this is soo long ago Im sure you all figured it out :-)

]]> By: Neil Anderson http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Neil Anderson Sat, 14 Jul 2007 21:58:30 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/#comment-183 Dock or quack your head. Dock or quack your head.

]]> By: Wally Reems II http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-125 Wally Reems II Mon, 25 Jun 2007 16:59:20 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/#comment-125 Love the new dock. Love the new dock.

]]> By: WraithX http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-122 WraithX Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:53:23 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/#comment-122 To be honest I hadn't even noticed that during the keynote. I definitely liked the look of the new dock but would really have liked to have seen more I think. To be honest I hadn’t even noticed that during the keynote. I definitely liked the look of the new dock but would really have liked to have seen more I think.

]]> By: Col http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Col Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:46:48 +0000 http://watchingapple.com/2007/06/more-on-leopards-looney-tunes-dock/#comment-121 You're right that the dock is a bit of a 'cludge'. My first reaction, as a designer, when I saw it, was that it didn't make visual sense. The icons don't conform to 3D conventions and it shows. My hope is that this is an 'option' in Leopard, and that the square-on appearance remains a choice. An early screencapture of the dock shows this view, so I hope it's for real. The whole interface is dominated by rectangles and regular curves, so it only makes sense to be consistent. If windows were viewable from the edge, as in Vista, I could undertand the new dock. This interation doesn't make sense. There are lots of features I'm looking forward to, but the 3D dock isn't one of them! You’re right that the dock is a bit of a ‘cludge’. My first reaction, as a designer, when I saw it, was that it didn’t make visual sense. The icons don’t conform to 3D conventions and it shows.

My hope is that this is an ‘option’ in Leopard, and that the square-on appearance remains a choice. An early screencapture of the dock shows this view, so I hope it’s for real.

The whole interface is dominated by rectangles and regular curves, so it only makes sense to be consistent. If windows were viewable from the edge, as in Vista, I could undertand the new dock. This interation doesn’t make sense. There are lots of features I’m looking forward to, but the 3D dock isn’t one of them!

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