The Black Dock
In June 2006, Apple shipped the plastic MacBook, available in both black and white. I received a black model at work sometime that year.
It was plastic, but at the time I thought it was beautiful. Little did I know that, at around the same time, a redesign of the Dock was taking place.
Now, I actually don’t know for sure the Black Dock was inspired by the black MacBook, vice versa, developed in unison, or just a coincidence.
The look
Sadly, I don’t have great images showing the Black Dock, but here’s what I have.
If you ignore the overdone reflections, the look of the Black Dock is actually pretty nice. Sadly, I don’t have a movie, but imagine swiping over the icons and only having the icons moving, just dancing above the Dock.
The behavior
The best part of the Dock redesign was how it felt. The platform …