So does Apple. That's why all you have to do is minimize a window by clicking on the yellow button and it swirls down to the dock. Dynamically resizing itself in full antialiased, third generation graphis base glory. Apps run in the dock. Movies play in the dock.
Controls work in the dock.
The dock will autohide if you don't want icons jerking and flashing along the bottom of your screen. It's no big deal. Click the single window button. All the other windows go the the dock. Apps to the left.