Specification for the Dock on the right feature for Elementary OS.

dock_on_the_right.txt

Idea behind this change is pretty simple. By default in Mac OS and Elementary the application doc is placed on the bottom of the screen. To me it looks like not optimal position and maybe obsolete. Reason for that is most of now-a-days screens are wide. Most used application is web browser. Dock on the bottom makes browser window big in width but small in height and that looks a disproportional.

<max visible website height> =  <screen height> -
                                <top panel height> -
                                <window title height> -
                                <tab bar height> -
                                <address bar height> -
                                <dock height>

<max visible website width> = <max screen width>

Most websites do not require that much width, but more of visible height is very useful.

It looks like Ubuntu team understands that and placed their apps dock on the left. But to my opinion dock is a secondary to the main content - app window itself. That's why it should be placed on the right side of the desktop. And while content is a king, app window is the first thing user should see on the screen.