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		3836293648 on June 11, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why did major desktop OSes settle on a mac... Of course it's fashion. It's pretty and doesn't hurt anyone. Just select apps with thr keyboard

nikau on June 11, 2023 [–]

It does hurt in a "mess up your spatial awareness" way by not having icons in the exact same spot as the dock resizes to cater for the number of running applications.

The windows 10 task bar is best, left aligned icons that once pinned sit in the exact same spot.

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