That's a shame... The Dock really does look much nicer when it is darker. It also creates a better contrast for those ridiculous little blue indicator lights.
The other thing I HATE about stacks is that you can't quicklook a stack item.
So if you want to see a file in your stack the quickest way is to drag to the desktop and hit space, which obviously defeats the whole point of stacks!
Hope they dont mess them up, I love stacks. I dont keep anything in the left side of my dock except running apps of course. I keep everything in stacks to the right. All my stacks are custom from folders where I put in aliases... works much nicer for having 50 some things i want to get to quick then having some huge ugly dock at the bottom, just 5 or 6 pop ups, see the exact apps i want to see... no extra junk.. no need to go through sub-menus...
The fix they need to do to stacks is have it automatically make them for oyu how i already use them. Have it so you can highlight like 20 apps, drag them down and it makes a stack, not of some stupid folder, but just aliases to those 20 or so you drug down.
Hope they dont mess them up, I love stacks. I dont keep anything in the left side of my dock except running apps of course. I keep everything in stacks to the right. All my stacks are custom from folders where I put in aliases... works much nicer for having 50 some things i want to get to quick then having some huge ugly dock at the bottom, just 5 or 6 pop ups, see the exact apps i want to see... no extra junk.. no need to go through sub-menus...
The fix they need to do to stacks is have it automatically make them for oyu how i already use them. Have it so you can highlight like 20 apps, drag them down and it makes a stack, not of some stupid folder, but just aliases to those 20 or so you drug down.
Ooh. This is clever. It's hardly an intuitive 'feature' we can thank Apple for, but... why didn't I think of doing this?
Thanks for this information, but specifically, how do I get a new dock and buttons to work in my dock? Where do I store them? Do I then restart? I know it's basic, but that's what I am...basic!
A few good points can be found from this article, however I think it's exceptionally biased. A lot of the observations from this and some other articles from this source are blatant opinions shared by the minority with little to no supporting backup. Seems like the intentions are to just flame Leopard.
A few good points can be found from this article, however I think it's exceptionally biased. A lot of the observations from this and some other articles from this source are blatant opinions shared by the minority with little to no supporting backup. Seems like the intentions are to just flame Leopard.
You haven't read many of John Siracusa's articles, have you? His Mac OS reviews are very technical, and he is neither an Apple fanboi nor a Mac basher. Many of his criticisms are well founded. And he provides the screenshots and videos to back them up. But I guess some people will settle for nothing less than total acceptance by everybody of everything that Apple does.
Thanks for this information, but specifically, how do I get a new dock and buttons to work in my dock? Where do I store them? Do I then restart? I know it's basic, but that's what I am...basic!
Thanks, Michael
To: thejoneses4444
this is what i use for my dock switching, its a lot easier then digging in system files like i did before. SwapMyDock
The fix they need to do to stacks is have it automatically make them for oyu how i already use them. Have it so you can highlight like 20 apps, drag them down and it makes a stack, not of some stupid folder, but just aliases to those 20 or so you drug down.
The Leopard WWDC '07 beta worked exactly as you describe, as seen here by a screenshot I took back then on my PowerBook. Note the iLife '06 stack I had open for demonstration.
Call me weird but I like the current Stacks they are a great organizational tool and I have been about to greatly reduce the size of the Dock on my Mac, I have a stack of the applications I use most, another of my music applications I use, and a stack of note files I update all the time. Then the downloads stack is very handy.
I just created folders and put alias for the appropriate app's or files in the folder so I am controlling the stack. I don't like stacks when they display a large folder as a matrix, if I want to see all those files I'd rather use Finder.
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That's a custom dock. I'm pretty sure at least.
That's a shame... The Dock really does look much nicer when it is darker. It also creates a better contrast for those ridiculous little blue indicator lights.
http://www.leoparddocks.com
I thought I'd use one for my applications folder, but instead I've just been using spotlight.. It really is a killer app launcher.
I'm curious, how many apps do you have that require your regularly searching for them with spotlight? What's wrong with placing the apps in the doc?
I have 35 Apps in my Doc and have no problem seeing them. What's faster than one click?
I have 35 Apps in my Doc and have no problem seeing them. What's faster than one click?
I have about 35 as well. I only have the ones that I need often on my dock. My old computer had at least 80 - maybe over 100.
I'm curious, how many apps do you have that require your regularly searching for them with spotlight? What's wrong with placing the apps in the doc?
I have 35 Apps in my Doc and have no problem seeing them. What's faster than one click?
I have none in the dock, except the 15 or so apps that I have running at any one time.
What's faster? Quikeys, for one.
The other thing I HATE about stacks is that you can't quicklook a stack item.
So if you want to see a file in your stack the quickest way is to drag to the desktop and hit space, which obviously defeats the whole point of stacks!
Use the Quick Look Droplet
http://www.apple.com/applescript/quickviewer/index.html
The fix they need to do to stacks is have it automatically make them for oyu how i already use them. Have it so you can highlight like 20 apps, drag them down and it makes a stack, not of some stupid folder, but just aliases to those 20 or so you drug down.
http://www.eternalstorms.at/utilities/hierdock/
I really couldn't hold my tears (of joy) back when I came across this.
I'm curious, how many apps do you have that require your regularly searching for them with spotlight? What's wrong with placing the apps in the doc?
I have 35 Apps in my Doc and have no problem seeing them. What's faster than one click?
It takes me a few seconds to look through the dock and find an app. Believe it or not, it's actually quicker for me to use Spotlight to launch an app.
Not to mention that I use key commands whenever possible, one click takes longer if you have to move your hands from the keyboard to the mouse.
Hope they dont mess them up, I love stacks. I dont keep anything in the left side of my dock except running apps of course. I keep everything in stacks to the right. All my stacks are custom from folders where I put in aliases... works much nicer for having 50 some things i want to get to quick then having some huge ugly dock at the bottom, just 5 or 6 pop ups, see the exact apps i want to see... no extra junk.. no need to go through sub-menus...
The fix they need to do to stacks is have it automatically make them for oyu how i already use them. Have it so you can highlight like 20 apps, drag them down and it makes a stack, not of some stupid folder, but just aliases to those 20 or so you drug down.
Ooh. This is clever. It's hardly an intuitive 'feature' we can thank Apple for, but... why didn't I think of doing this?
(Still hate stacks though.)
Thanks, MLJ
The custom dock hack can be found here:
http://www.leoparddocks.com
Thanks, Michael
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/13
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/os/mac-os-x-10-5.ars/13
A few good points can be found from this article, however I think it's exceptionally biased. A lot of the observations from this and some other articles from this source are blatant opinions shared by the minority with little to no supporting backup. Seems like the intentions are to just flame Leopard.
A few good points can be found from this article, however I think it's exceptionally biased. A lot of the observations from this and some other articles from this source are blatant opinions shared by the minority with little to no supporting backup. Seems like the intentions are to just flame Leopard.
You haven't read many of John Siracusa's articles, have you? His Mac OS reviews are very technical, and he is neither an Apple fanboi nor a Mac basher. Many of his criticisms are well founded. And he provides the screenshots and videos to back them up. But I guess some people will settle for nothing less than total acceptance by everybody of everything that Apple does.
Thanks for this information, but specifically, how do I get a new dock and buttons to work in my dock? Where do I store them? Do I then restart? I know it's basic, but that's what I am...basic!
Thanks, Michael
To: thejoneses4444
this is what i use for my dock switching, its a lot easier then digging in system files like i did before. SwapMyDock
Its a pretty simple app
The fix they need to do to stacks is have it automatically make them for oyu how i already use them. Have it so you can highlight like 20 apps, drag them down and it makes a stack, not of some stupid folder, but just aliases to those 20 or so you drug down.
The Leopard WWDC '07 beta worked exactly as you describe, as seen here by a screenshot I took back then on my PowerBook. Note the iLife '06 stack I had open for demonstration.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...?t=1198300702p
mlj
To: thejoneses4444
this is what i use for my dock switching, its a lot easier then digging in system files like i did before. SwapMyDock
Its a pretty simple app
I just created folders and put alias for the appropriate app's or files in the folder so I am controlling the stack. I don't like stacks when they display a large folder as a matrix, if I want to see all those files I'd rather use Finder.