Minimizing to the Dock felt similar to me, coming from XP, and didn't take up extra space in the Dock, which was visually pleasing. These days, my Dock is basic

Minimizing to the Dock felt similar to me, coming from XP, and didn't take up extra space in the Dock, which was visually pleasing. These days, my Dock is basically only key apps, 2 printer aliases and a few folders I access regularly. A .weblocation might from time to time, but these are fairly infrequent.