Duplicate buttons for workspaces and applications: useful or redundant? about cosmic HOT 2 CLOSED

We're supporting the option to use a dock or not have a dock at all. The current beta ISO has Applications and Workspaces in both places; however, a feature being designed for first time user setup will provide the option of starting with or without the dock.

With a dock will exclude Applications and Workspaces in the top bar and likely move the clock to the left position by default (which can be changed in Settings).

Without a dock will set Workspaces and Application at the top left of the bar and the clock in the middle.

from cosmic.

Thoughts from another user:

That's why I'd Instead suggest having the application launcher only in the dock and the workspace overview only in the top bar.

I understand the perspective being presented here and generally agree with what is being said. However, the Settings > Desktop > Desktop does have options to remove the buttons in the title bar and Settings > Desktop > Dock will soon have the option to remove them from the toolbar. Therefore, I prefer the current approach because it helps for discovery but can be customized in the future for minimalism and efficiency. This could also flow well with a new user's understanding of the system, as they become more proficient, they discover these features in the Settings. I love the flexibility offered by COSMIC :)

from cosmic.