Editing Dock (macOS) (section)

==Criticism==
[[Bruce Tognazzini]], a usability consultant who worked for Apple in the 1980s and 1990s before [[Mac OS X]] was developed, wrote an article in 2001 listing ten problems he saw with the Dock. This article was updated in 2004, removing two of the original criticisms and adding a new one. One of his concerns was that the Dock uses too much screen space. Another was that icons only show their labels when the pointer hovers over them, so similar-looking folders, files, and windows are difficult to distinguish. Tognazzini also criticized the fact that when icons are dragged out of the Dock, they vanish with no easy way to get them back; he called this behavior "object annihilation".<ref name="nine_thing_dock_suck">{{cite web | last = Tognazzini | first = Bruce | access-date = December 20, 2006 |date=January 1, 2004 | title = Top Nine Reasons the Apple Dock Still Sucks | url = http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html}}</ref>

John Siracusa, writing for [[Ars Technica]], also pointed out some issues with the Dock around the releases of [[Mac OS X Public Beta]] in 2000. He noted that because the Dock is centered, adding and removing icons changes the location of the other icons.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://arstechnica.com/reviews/1q00/macos-x-dp3/macos-x-dp3-7.html
|title=Mac OS X DP3: Trial by Water 
|author=John Siracusa
|year=2000
|access-date=February 28, 2008
|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]
}}</ref> In a review of [[Mac OS X v10.0]] the following year, he also noted that the Dock does far too many tasks than it should for optimum ease-of-use, including launching apps, switching apps, opening files, and holding minimized windows.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://arstechnica.com/reviews/01q2/macos-x-final/macos-x-8.html#dock
|title=Mac OS X 10.0 - User Interface
|author=John Siracusa
|year=2001
|access-date=February 28, 2008
|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]
}}</ref> Siracusa further criticized the Dock after the release of [[Mac OS X v10.5]], noting that it was made less usable for the sake of eye-candy. Siracusa criticized the 3D look and reflections, the faint blue indicator for open applications, and less distinguishable files and folders.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/13
|title=Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: the Ars Technica review
|author=John Siracusa
|date=October 28, 2007
|access-date=February 28, 2008
|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]
}}</ref>

Thom Holwerda, a managing editor [[OSNews]], stated some concerns with the Dock, including the facts that it grows in both directions, holds the Trash icon, and has no persistent labels. Holwerda also criticized the revised Dock appearance in [[Mac OS X v10.5]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.osnews.com/story/18941/Common_Usability_Terms_pt._VI:_the_Dock/page2/
|title=Common Usability Terms, pt. VI: the Dock
|author=Thom Howlerda
|date=October 17, 2007
|access-date=February 28, 2008
|publisher=[[OSNews]]
}}</ref>