Do you magnify your dock?

[thebart]

It's Friday so here is a pointless poll.

Do you use magnification of the dock?

On the one hand, I feel like a freak if I don't have this on to some extent, seeing how this is probably one of MacOS' most iconic features.

On the other hand, I feel like it makes it harder to click the icon I want.

Obviously if you have huge number of icons on your dock, you probably need it.

But after 3 years, I've decided to have it all the way OFF for a while and see how I feel. What decided it for me was I kept overshooting the Back button on my browser and clicking on the Finder icon due to the magnification.

 

[triptolemus]

I kept overshooting the Back button on my browser and clicking on the Finder icon due to the magnification.

So you're one of the superfreaks with the dock positioned to the side...

 

[BotchQue]

So you're one of the superfreaks with the dock positioned to the side...

Me too! My People!

 

[triptolemus]

Honestly it makes perfect sense given the popular screen ratios. But I could never adjust to it. I'm old.

 

[dmr727]

So you're one of the superfreaks with the dock positioned to the side...

Wait, you guys have the dock on the left side? You're all ****ing animals!

 

[Lifeisabeach]

So you're one of the superfreaks with the dock positioned to the side...

I used to keep it on the bottom. I switched it to the side when I realized I get a fair bit more vertical space on websites and documents, requiring less scrolling. Never reverting back.

 

[honcho]

No, I hide my Dock, partly because I use an OLED display, but also because my affection for the Dock has waned over the years. I’m old, but the Dock feels like a real relic of the past. Spotlight, Raycast, LaunchBar, Alfred have, in many ways, made the Dock an irrelevant waste of valuable space.

 

[maflynn]

Nope, I use the default size, now magnifying, no placing it on the side like a monster - just a typical user

 

[dwrufus53]

So you're one of the superfreaks with the dock positioned to the side...

No magnification on any Mac. I do the dock on the left on my Mac Studio with a 32" screen, but bottom on my 15" MBA

 

[MacCheetah3]

Honestly it makes perfect sense given the popular screen ratios. But I could never adjust to it. I'm old.

I used to keep it on the bottom. I switched it to the side when I realized I get a fair bit more vertical space on websites and documents, requiring less scrolling. Never reverting back.

There is logic to it. Although, what about movies? 😉 (I’m obviously nitpicking because it would only matter when not in fullscreen.)
Anyway… My OCPD would need time to be convinced.

 

[jz0309]

It's Friday so here is a pointless poll.

Do you use magnification of the dock?

On the one hand, I feel like a freak if I don't have this on to some extent, seeing how this is probably one of MacOS' most iconic features.

On the other hand, I feel like it makes it harder to click the icon I want.

Obviously if you have huge number of icons on your dock, you probably need it.

But after 3 years, I've decided to have it all the way OFF for a while and see how I feel. What decided it for me was I kept overshooting the Back button on my browser and clicking on the Finder icon due to the magnification.

I haven't changed dock settings in like 15+ years but now turned magnification off, lets see how that goes ...
And, I have the dock on the right side

 

[ghostface147]

I keep my dock at the bottom and do magnify it. Been doing it since the beginning. Don't ever plan to change it.