Scrolling dock a good idea?
I was thinking that as the number of icons in the dock increased, instead of them getting absolutely tiny, they could extend outside of the viewing area. And when the cursor hit a hot spot on the edge, the icons would "roll" through all of the icons that couldn't be seen. Perhaps then people could set a minimum icon size so they wouldn't get too small.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
Comments
BTW, I think this would be welcome in toolbars as well, no?
By far, one of the greatest UI blunders in history!
<strong>By far, one of the greatest UI blunders in history!</strong><hr></blockquote>
But it's so pretty!
Sorry....
I definitely like the idea of the 'widgets' at the ends of the dock that respond to the cursor. Roll farther over them and the dock scrolls faster....
If you have the need for a scrolling dock, you should probably be re-thinking the way you organize your mac.
Fun
NeilyB
The best way to get organized to to create hierarchy. That old OpenStep 4.1 idea of tabbed docks is one way to create hierarchy. Another is to group apps into an icon/pop-up. Another is to create multiple Docks -- going along with the multiple desktops idea many here approve of. any other ways to get more stuff in the Dock while keeping it organized?
Any sort of hierarchy that manages to hide dock icons makes the visual feedback from app switching and notifications quite difficult to deal with, but it is the most probable 'way to go' if there is one at all. I have no clue of how to approach this (and may lose some sleep over it, as I did with the spatial Finder idea last night :eek: ) .
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