I wish we had the luxury of playing around with both concepts for a
while :(, because it's indeed hard to pick the right approach.

Anyhow, I have one more point to raise - accessibility.

I don't know which screen size you are using, but on my 14" display the
top bar is so narrow that an application icon squeezed or cut into that
place would hardly be recognizable. Imagine that on a 10" (or even 7"
display).

Compare that with the icons in the system tray (e.g. envelope and sound
volume). They are simple and monochromatic, i.e. specially crafted to
look good in small sizes. The regular application icons are different -
they are colorful and often have fine details.

Also, it wouldn't serve much purpose anyway, since the active application has 
an indicator in the dock.
Again, for accessibility reasons, it is not advisable to make system font too 
small, so freeing space in the title of unmaximized windows could help 
accommodate longer application titles.

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