Giles Turnbull looks at what's on the SEP 30 2003
Giles Turnbull looks at what's on the Dock of a few OS X users for O'Reilly. I'm in there, near the bottom
There are 7 reader comments
32 01 2003 2:32AM
i still don't like the dock...i never use it...it's like a popularity contest for applications and files..."you made the big show, you're in the dock now"...os9 style, if you know how to setup the apple menu items properly (which can be done in osx), suits me just fine...
15 01 2003 9:15AM
except you can't drag onto items in the Apple Menu
34 01 200310:34AM
Jason's only Dock complaint is this: "One of the worst usability aspects of the Dock is that it's anchored in the middle. So when you launch an app that you don't already have in the Dock or minimize a window, it shifts everything over and messes with your muscle memory."
I hate that, too. That's why I use Tinkertool . It lets you set the start position of the Dock along with other nice changes including transparent icons for hidden applications.
33 01 200311:33AM
j: except you can't drag onto items in the Apple Menu
True, but there's this great little utility called FruitMenu from Unsanity that lets you add items to the Apple Menu by right-clicking on them. Also lets you customize the Apple Menu a milion ways to Sunday. It's one of the few bits of OS X shareware I've actually paid for so far...that, and the aforementioned TinkerTool.
50 01 200311:50PM
LaunchBar it where it’s at. Way better than menus and docks and icons and stuff. It rox.
50 01 200311:50PM
Er, it = is.
This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.
clappstar04 01 200312:04AM
You like it near the bottom.