The iPhone 14 Pro models launched with a boatload of forward-facing hardware changes, including the new Dynamic Island. Even though Dynamic Island is hiding the Face ID and the front-facing camera, Apple tweaked the software to take advantage of the space available. A user now shows how the dock in macOS could benefit if Apple adopted the Dynamic approach. Scroll down to read more details on the subject.
A designer Imagines a dynamic macOS dock that expands to reveal more information
A designer showcased a demo on Twitter highlighting how the macOS dock could benefit from being more dynamic and fluid. On first look, the dock looks exactly like a standard dock with apps neatly stacked against each other in the middle of the screen. It is upon interaction the apps come to life in a more dynamic way. The user hovers the mouse pointer on an app, and it dynamically expands to create space and reveal more information related to that app.
The user experimented with various apps like messages, live music, and more. When the mouse pointer hovers over the Messages app, it reveals your unread messages. You can see the red badge on top of the contacts, suggesting that these are unread or the latest messages. When the mouse is dragged on top of the contact, it shows a little preview bubble. You can check out the tweet below for more details.
The Apple Music app also behaves the same way as it expands to show what is being played and the basic controls like play, pause, next, and previous song. The Safari app in the macOS dock also reveals the download progress when the pointer is dragged on top of the app. To be fair, the demo has been made to work fluidly and shows how Apple can enhance the macOS dock by offering some tweaks. You can see in the short video that when an app dynamically expands, the entire dock enlarges.
What if the macOS dock and its icons were more dynamic and fluid?
Made a little demo that shows message previews, live music, download progress, and more.
Pretty happy with how this turned out! pic.twitter.com/YpzrWU5klA
— Janum Trivedi (@jmtrivedi) May 2, 2023
Take note that this is not the final product, and there is no word if Apple is indeed looking to implement something similar. Nonetheless, it makes sense for the company to do so to streamline the entire ecosystem. Since the latest MacBooks offer a notch on the top, Apple can easily bring something similar to the table as well. Apple will announce macOS 14 on June 5 at its WWDC event, and we will be covering the event extensively.
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