That dock-fixed-to-the-left thing is really annoying. It's an infinitely large button which wants to expand over my actual target 9 times out of 10.
If I'm using an app and my cursor hits the left edge, what's a reasonable assumption? That I want to do something in the app, or that I want to switch apps? The implicit assumption has always been that I'm interested in my current task. That's why the File menu, the Back button, the application toolbar (if you're into that sort of thing) are there.
It's completely unreasonable to just assume that if my cursor happens to drift out of the active window while I'm seeking a target within it, then it's ok to expand a system window over the target I'm actually looking for to force me to wait and re-seek while it hides again.
About the only way this could be more annoying is if it were on the right, next to the scroll bar.
If I'm using an app and my cursor hits the left edge, what's a reasonable assumption? That I want to do something in the app, or that I want to switch apps? The implicit assumption has always been that I'm interested in my current task. That's why the File menu, the Back button, the application toolbar (if you're into that sort of thing) are there.
It's completely unreasonable to just assume that if my cursor happens to drift out of the active window while I'm seeking a target within it, then it's ok to expand a system window over the target I'm actually looking for to force me to wait and re-seek while it hides again.
About the only way this could be more annoying is if it were on the right, next to the scroll bar.