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Mac OS X Leopard 9A581's Dock Visual Tweaks [Updated]

Apple's Gold Master (Retail) version of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has at least one visual tweak over the developer seeds. It appears Apple has listened to user feedback about the visual inconsistency with dock items appearing on a 3d shelf on the Left and Right side of the screen (old screenshot).


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Apple has updated the Dock so that it has a 2-Dimensional appearance when it resides on the side of the screen. When residing on the bottom of the screen, the Dock retains the 3d shelf appearance.

Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will officially launch on October 26th at 6 p.m. If you haven't already ordered online ($20 off), MacRumors readers are organizing meetups in their local regions.

Update: Apparently the same simple style can be used for the dock when it is on the bottom: screenshot

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56 months ago
Awesome!!!! It's so good when Apple listen to us. Microsoft never listened to people like this (in my opinion).

10.5 seems all the sweeter.

And my first first post. :D
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56 months ago
I love it when they listen to the users. That's who they develop for anyways.
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56 months ago
That looks nice.

It's nice when Apple listens.
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56 months ago
Awesome!

Looks much better that way :D
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56 months ago
To all the naysayers - here's your "top secret feature"

;)
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56 months ago
awesome, looked weird on the side
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56 months ago
Sounds more like a glitch than a prophetic revolution in interface.
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56 months ago
Wow, I actually kinda liked how it looked on the side--and that's where I use it :-P honestly not a big deal for me, though (I can get used to this look as well)
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56 months ago
Now that's nice to hear :-)
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56 months ago
... but is it supposed to let you slide your apps underneath the dock like that?

I can't do that when the dock is at the bottom of the screen...
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