Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 31st Oct 2003 17:21 UTC
Some time ago we featured an interview with an... official Mac OS X switcher. A year later, we found another Apple switcher, James Dorn ("noviteo" for his friends) and we ask him a few details upon the switch. Especially with the recent price cuts on Apple hardware and the Mac OS X Panther release last week, being a switcher becomes "cool" all over again.
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About the dock. I don't know too much about how OS X does it, my experience with docks is mostly in Linux. Linux docks invariably follow the NeXT model, which keeps a very strong spatial connection between a window and its icon. I suppose the Dock in OS X is a bit different, because it tries to be a shortcut bar at the same time, as well as doing all sorts of resizing and moving around and whatnot. NeXT style docks don't do that. Also, they can be large and visible without taking up lots of space. NeXT style docks can be managed basically as just another window. That means that apps can lie on top of them, to avoid wasting screen space. However, if you move your cursor to one side (or corner) of the screen, the dock will rise to the top of the window stack, which ensures that it is always quickly accessible.