March 2003
Beginner
432 pages
11h 30m
English
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DockSwap, Another Dock Alternative
Avoid Dock bloat with multiple configurable Docks.
Whether you love it or hate it, OS X’s Dock has been lambasted for being a user interface nightmare (by an ex-Apple interface designer, no less), while at the same time receiving hearty cheers from fans of tabbed folders from OS 9. Either way, you may find yourself falling victim to Dock bloat, a sin many consider worthy of a few chuckles.
Myself, I’m a fan of the Dock. I’ve got my recently used Internet applications first, then text editors, followed by my file-sharing programs, then graphics, utilities, games, and folder pop ups. What I’d really love would be to get some more of those vertical lines in there so that I can more clearly differentiate which applications are in what category. As you can imagine, my Dock is pretty full, pretty small, and magnifies gratuitously.
Needing a better solution for my Dock madness, I cracked open DockSwap (http://www.pidog.com/OSX/) from piDog Software and immediately started having a blast organizing. You simply create a new Dock, switch to it, and add and remove items at will until it’s just the way you want it (see Figure 4-11).
Figure 4-11. The DockSwap main window
Switch Docks via context menu (
-click on the DockSwap Dock icon, as shown in Figure 4-12 ...
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