February 1, 2001
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Top 10 Reasons The Apple Dock Sucks
Tog tends to make enormously valid points regarding stupid interfaces, but I think his recent stint at the Norman/Nielsen Group has made him a bit grumpier than usual. While I agree that parts of the Dock are counter-intuitive at best, some of the items on this top ten list are grasping. For example, Dock objects have invisible holes in them. This isn’t an issue with the Dock. Tog even states that the same problem existed with icons on the original Macintosh. The problem here is improperly designed icon masks, not the fact the Dock displays icons that support transparency. Most of the points on this ranting laundry list makes sense, but go through it yourself. I’m still deciding whether Tog’s opinions are those of someone who honestly believes that the Dock seriously debilitates usability, or someone who is just too set in his ways to budge a little bit.
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