It does hurt in a "mess up your spatial awareness" way by not having icons in the exact same spot as the dock resizes to cater for the number of running applica

It does hurt in a "mess up your spatial awareness" way by not having icons in the exact same spot as the dock resizes to cater for the number of running applications. The windows 10 task bar is best, left aligned icons that once pinned sit in the exact same spot.