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I don't know why Gnome et al switched to imitating MacOS – adopting a dock (as a default), ditching an app window tray as on Windows, when the potential Windows

I don't know why Gnome et al switched to imitating MacOS – adopting a dock (as a default), ditching an app window tray as on Windows, when the potential Windows-convert market is much larger than Mac. The Dock can be really jarring for Windows users - they are coming from an OS literally called windows, and the windows are hidden from view. It also eats vertical space with those huge icons, which is precious given the current popular screen dimensions. -- I agree MacOS has some glaring UX and functionality omissions and Finder is indeed garbage!

amelius 11mo ago
> I don't know why Gnome et al switched to imitating MacOS Car analogy. If the most popular brand puts a steering wheel in the front left, then it makes sense to do the same even if a joystick has better UX.
commandar 11mo ago
>It also eats vertical space with those huge icons, which is precious given the current popular screen dimensions. This is one Windows gets wrong too, in fairness. W11 killed the ability to move the taskbar to the left/right side of the screen. That's a real pain on ultrawide displays where you have absolutely miles of horizontal real estate and relatively limited vertical space. Fortunately, ExplorerPatcher exists and can restore the functionality. https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/ https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/
Kwpolska 11mo ago
Windows has had a taskbar for 30 years. And in the last 15 years, the default taskbar has pinned apps, large icons and no captions.
t_mahmood 11mo ago
To be honest, I do not like the dock either, but for different reasons. But, it doesn't waste any space at all. Because it's always hidden, unless you trigger the overview.