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Mac OS X Leopard 9A581's Dock Visual Tweaks

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Apple's Gold Master (Retail) version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has at least one visual tweak over the developer seeds. It appears Apple has listened to user feedback about the visual inconsistency with dock items appearing on a 3d shelf on the Left and Right side of the screen.


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Apple has updated the Dock so that it has a 2-Dimensional appearance when it resides on the side of the screen. When residing on the bottom of the screen, the Dock retains the 3d shelf appearance.

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Awesome!!!! It's so good when Apple listen to us. Microsoft never listened to people like this (in my opinion).

10.5 seems all the sweeter.

And my first first post. :D
 
Wow, I actually kinda liked how it looked on the side--and that's where I use it :p honestly not a big deal for me, though (I can get used to this look as well)
 
... but is it supposed to let you slide your apps underneath the dock like that?

I can't do that when the dock is at the bottom of the screen...
 
I'm glad they did this, but did they add an option to the dock prefs to switch between the two looks? I think if people want to use the 3D on the side or the 2D on the bottom they should be able to choose to.
 
They should have this as an option for when the dock is in the default position - looks much better IMHO
 
Shame they didn't listen to the majority of users who keep the dock on the bottom and don't want it 3d.
 
Nice!

Now if someone can hack it (haxie or otherwise) so that it can look like this on the bottom, I will be ecstatic. :p
 
I would LOVE to be able to have this look for the bottom, too. I really just don't like the fake 3Dness of the new dock, but the idea of using it on the side just to get this matte goodness (to which I seriously gave thought) makes me a little sick to the stomach. Side-docking always gives me the queasies :eek:
 
I'm glad that they did this for people who use it on the side, but I love the dock hidden and at the bottom and I would've loved my dock to look like this. I hope it becomes a preference in the future.
-Chasen
 
Now, if we just had "fan out" stacks even with the Dock on the side, I would run out of things to complain about. XD
 
Yay! no more being forced to keep the dock on the bottom on leopard!
 
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