Why the Leopard Dock Eats It and How to Fix It

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

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Folks have been complaining about the visual clutter of the upcoming Leopard dock and one man has decided to do something about it. The dock, as it stands now, offers two odd reflections and some perspective issues, knocking the elegance of OS X icons into the gutter and confusing art nerds everywhere. ThinkMac is proposing the dock above, which is resizable, separates document short-cuts, and avoids all the bouncy bouncy reflecty reflecty stuff for which Leopard will soon be famous. Here’s hoping.

Hint: How to redesign the Leopard dock so it sucks less [ThinkMac]

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