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The main issue with that solution: Each application no longer looks the same. In OS X, Mail would look a lot like iTunes, Word, TextMate -- because they're all
by mcav 18y ago
The main issue with that solution: Each application no longer looks the same. In OS X, Mail would look a lot like iTunes, Word, TextMate -- because they're all predominantly white-background with black text. The taskbar/dock would soon look like a bunch of windows, but you'd expend more energy to determine which one was which.
- amichail 18y agoOk, how about including the full size icon among the cycling of open windows?
- mcav 18y agoThen you'd see something different every time you looked over to find your application. Consistency seems like something worth keeping. A large app icon with a tiny preview might work, but that's obviously not much better/different than the standard OS X dock.
- amichail 18y agoHow about showing a full size icon with the live previews immediately to its right and without the cycling? Example: [firefox icon] [firefox win1] [firefox win2] [eclipse icon] [itunes] [itunes win] etc. Clicking on an app icon always opens a new window. Applications with open windows could be shown first. If there isn't enough horizontal space for all the icons and previews, the user could use the mouse to scroll the dock horizontally and/or some icons/previews could be reduced in size.