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Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock

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In article <droleary-B5EFC6.11444026102013@news.eternal-september.org>,
Doc O'Leary <droleary@6usenet2013.subsume.com> wrote:

> In article <526aca74$0$46171$c3e8da3$3a1a2348@news.astraweb.com>,
>  JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> 
> > On 13-10-25 12:13, Doc O'Leary wrote:
> > 
> > > Because my monitor is much wider than it is tall (and I'm an old 
> > > NeXT-y), I put my Dock on the right hand side.  Coincidentally, it is 
> > > also not given a false perspective.  Hope this helps you in your 
> > > "disturbing" struggle.
> > 
> > That is just plain wrong. On wide screens, the dock should be on the
> > left side :-)
> 
> Given the historically top-left affinity of the Mac system menu bar, I'd 
> agree.  However, a lot of "newer" features on Mac OS X have added to the 
> right side of the menu bar, and it is now quite comfortable on that 
> side, too.  The bottom never made much sense to me, and it became even 
> more questionable when 16:9 monitors became common.

The menu bar may always have had a "top-left affinity", but the desktop
icons on the Mac have always been on the right-hand side (by default)
whereas they are on the left-hand side in Windows.

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Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-24 13:52 -0500
  Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2013-10-24 14:05 -0600
  Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-25 09:13 +1300
  Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-24 17:24 -0400
    Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-24 20:34 -0500
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2013-10-25 05:10 +0000
        Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-10-24 22:43 -0700
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Maurizio Loreti <mlo@foobar.it> - 2013-10-25 08:33 +0200
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 16:36 -0400
    Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Matthew Lybanon <lybanon@earthlink.net> - 2013-10-25 09:14 -0500
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2013-10-25 16:41 -0400
  Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-24 16:08 -0700
    Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-24 16:09 -0700
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-25 19:40 +1300
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Bread <BreadWithSpam@Fractious.net> - 2013-10-31 12:34 -0700
  Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2013-10-25 06:13 +0000
  Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Doc O'Leary <droleary@6usenet2013.subsume.com> - 2013-10-25 11:13 -0500
    Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-10-25 14:34 -0500
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-25 20:27 +0000
    Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-25 15:45 -0400
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-26 10:19 +1300
        Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Doc O'Leary <droleary@6usenet2013.subsume.com> - 2013-10-26 11:58 -0500
          Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 10:03 +1300
      Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Doc O'Leary <droleary@6usenet2013.subsume.com> - 2013-10-26 11:44 -0500
        Re: Please Apple - Fix the Perspective in the Dock Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-27 10:04 +1300

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