Ravager Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 The battle royal! Which one is superior? My vote goes to the taskbar simply because it's easy to access, much smaller than that huge dock, it has labels, can be easily customized, it has a system tray that can be expanded and it houses the magnificent start menu! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 have you ever worked with a dock before? do you know how many options it has? especially compared to the taskbar? you can make the dock any size you want, so it wins in that case. i don't think windows taskbar is easily customizible, but maybe that's just me. hands down the dock wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 geez, this is OBVIOUS ;) -It's sexy -It's customizable -It's useful -It's the Dock!! hands down the winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Originally posted by timdorr geez, this is OBVIOUS ;) -It's sexy -It's customizable -It's useful -It's the Dock!! hands down the winner! Yup Yup, ...But Sometimes its Beauty Can be Distracting, so Autohide is ANOTHER Bonus! :D NeYo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravager Posted May 15, 2002 Author Share Posted May 15, 2002 Taskbar has auto hide too :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Originally posted by Ravager Taskbar has auto hide too :p Only Cus u DONT Wanna See it sat on TOP! :p hehe! NeYo ...We Shud have included a thread... Do u Prefer ... A) Ugly rectangle's with a Tiny, Crappy Icon and size 10 text... Or ... B) 16*16 icons, Which Magnify Immensly on Mouseover with Antialised Thumbnail Views ...Blah Blah! (LOL!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluggz Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 active desktop... :) but a vote for the taskbar :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 The dock is nice to look at, but that's about it...For functionality the taskbar is better. Unless it's been hidden manually, the Dock is always visible, and guaranteed to overlay the foreground application window. Many Carbon applications don't know where the Dock is, so if you maximise an application, the window's resize handle (and there's only one) is now inaccessible. So off you go, and hide the dock, just so you can grab the handle and resize the window? That's stupid. No problem, you say, just put the Dock on the Left, But then you get another example of the mismatched UI klutziness: new window instances don't know where the Dock is either. And the Aqua geniuses have put the three control buttons (minimize, maximize, close) on the left hand side. So a new Finder window will appear with the windows controls obscured. That means giving each new window a little rightward shuffle. It's a tiny problem, but it gets amplified when you have to do it over and over again. If you put the dock on the right, the arrows point right and the menu springs left, that's just plain stupid too. But bessideds all the asthetics...Aqua really slows the system down too much for such an unintuitive UI. XP's UI might not be as pretty but it's much more intuitive. ...Also, There is no way to know where an open application might be mixed in with all the persistent ("favorite") applications. This will make switching programs difficult. Another problem is that none of the icons have text labels. Which of my hard drive partitions is that? What's in that blank folder over there? Unless I "scrub" my mouse cursor over the Dock, I'll never know. Another problem is the fact that minimized windows tend to all look like blurry white squares of various proportions. There's really no way to tell what one window might be as opposed to another, and sometimes even cursor scrubbing doesn't help: "Favorites". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyros9 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Is this a Mac thing? What is Dock? Thanks......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Taskbar all the way... cause macs suckk..... but for those who think the dock is better, I admit it is pretty coool... But the Taskbar wins cause you can turn it INTO a dock... so you can have both in one :) muahah I win!!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeza Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 taskbar for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Originally posted by spanky The dock is nice to look at, but that's about it...For functionality the taskbar is better. Unless it's been hidden manually, the Dock is always visible, and guaranteed to overlay the foreground application window. Many Carbon applications don't know where the Dock is, so if you maximise an application, the window's resize handle (and there's only one) is now inaccessible. So off you go, and hide the dock, just so you can grab the handle and resize the window? That's stupid. No problem, you say, just put the Dock on the Left, But then you get another example of the mismatched UI klutziness: new window instances don't know where the Dock is either. And the Aqua geniuses have put the three control buttons (minimize, maximize, close) on the left hand side. So a new Finder window will appear with the windows controls obscured. That means giving each new window a little rightward shuffle. It's a tiny problem, but it gets amplified when you have to do it over and over again. If you put the dock on the right, the arrows point right and the menu springs left, that's just plain stupid too. But bessideds all the asthetics...Aqua really slows the system down too much for such an unintuitive UI. XP's UI might not be as pretty but it's much more intuitive. ...I remember reading an article, which Spelt out the very Same Criticisms! ..."hmmm" ... ...Oh, and on the Slowdown note, with Aqua, Aqua Can Run Perfectly fine on the Latest G4 based machines! ... it's Speed, Effects ... the Whole Damn Thing makes XP Look a Generation behind! IMHO! :D NeYo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravager Posted May 15, 2002 Author Share Posted May 15, 2002 Lol. taskbar can also be easily customize for different themes, for example mine's aqua :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prof. Frink Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Dock hands down. Its so much more than looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxicfume Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 looks - Dock, functions - taskbar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 ravenger: i thought you meant like physical customization, not aesthetic customization. like moving tabs around, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangesOfCourse Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 taskbar becasuse i have never used the dock :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Originally posted by Ravager Lol. taskbar can also be easily customize for different themes, for example mine's aqua :) yup, thats GREAT Dude! :D ... hehe! :D NeYo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravager Posted May 15, 2002 Author Share Posted May 15, 2002 I admit, Dock looks nicer :p But wow... so inconvenient. No labels, what happens when you have several folders open beside themselves? You have no clue what's what :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanecorp Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 i have both a pc and mac...when i'm going for speed, i'll use windows cause of the taskbar...when i'm going for looks and coolness, i'll use my mac... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissssssss Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Having never used a Mac or the Dock, I cannot say which is better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 My vote goes to Windows XP Taskbar. Lots of customizable functions can be accessed from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 Ok lets get this all started! Windows Sucks we all know that ;) The reason I say that is cause OSX Is one smart os! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Originally posted by unsanity Ok lets get this all started! Windows Sucks we all know that ;) The reason I say that is cause OSX Is one smart os! LOL!! .... Yup, i 2nd that! ... Man, i CANNOT Wait to get my Mac this Summer! ... By which time, i prolly won't give a Crap if my Windows Look Like some Crappy Teletubbies UI ... "Like i'd ever use it anyhow!" :D :p Neyo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timan Veteran Posted May 15, 2002 Veteran Share Posted May 15, 2002 Ravager - But wow... so inconvenient. No labels, what happens when you have several folders open beside themselves? You have no clue what's what OSX does have lables its called moving your mouse over an icon ;) plus u can see whats in the folder when its minimized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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