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Re:James Thomson on the Origins of the macOS Dock by em-bee on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @07:43AM (#42696526)
the original default location in NeXTstep is on the right. i don't agree with the mouse argument because i don't need to constantly go there to access apps. i mean starting/switching apps is not the main activity on the computer. i want the dock visible but out of the way.

that said, reading the linked article it appears that the dock in OSX is not just a reskinned version of the NeXTstep dock, but written from scratch on MacOS9, and only then ported to OSX afterwards. i find that surprising.

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Re:James Thomson on the Origins of the macOS Dock by jetofff on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @04:45PM (#42717542)
either way, in MacOS, if I have an external monitor, choosing left or right(depending on the placement of the monitor) will mean I have go across my entire desktop to reach the dock. I can't have it on the edge of where the desktops are adjacent.
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