Your salvation from bouncing dock icons is here!
I was reading MacCentral and in this story:
<a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/03.detox.php" target="_blank">http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/03.detox.php</a>
I found this:
Unsanity LLC has released Dock Detox, a freeware utility designed to suppress the bouncing notification behavior in Mac OS X's Dock.
The software includes a developer kit, to enable Mac OS X software developers to provide visual feedback in their applications rather than the default bounce notification.
Unsanity LLC advised that Dock Detox carries no guarantee of proper operation under all versions of Mac OS X.
Unsanity LLC's other releases include WindowShade X, FruitMenu, and ShadowKiller, Unsanity Echo and Mint Audio.
Unsanity's site is located at: <a href="http://www.unsanity.com/" target="_blank">http://www.unsanity.com/</a>
<a href="http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/03.detox.php" target="_blank">http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/0201/03.detox.php</a>
I found this:
Unsanity LLC has released Dock Detox, a freeware utility designed to suppress the bouncing notification behavior in Mac OS X's Dock.
The software includes a developer kit, to enable Mac OS X software developers to provide visual feedback in their applications rather than the default bounce notification.
Unsanity LLC advised that Dock Detox carries no guarantee of proper operation under all versions of Mac OS X.
Unsanity LLC's other releases include WindowShade X, FruitMenu, and ShadowKiller, Unsanity Echo and Mint Audio.
Unsanity's site is located at: <a href="http://www.unsanity.com/" target="_blank">http://www.unsanity.com/</a>
Comments
-Y
I haven't really had issues with them slowing my computer down and i'm running a 333 iMac.
Anyway, what do the icons do now instead of bounce?
-Ender
<strong>Yeah, I've never had bouncing icons slow me down (G4/500 DP & Ti PB 667).
Anyway, what do the icons do now instead of bounce?
-Ender</strong><hr></blockquote>
They don't do anything.
<strong>...or you could uncheck the "Animate opening applications" checkbox in Dock Preferences within the System prefs apps and never see a bouncing icon again...</strong><hr></blockquote>
No, not those bouncing icons. We're talking about the ones that bounce waaaay too high when an app needs your attention. Those are very annoying and take a lot of power away from the computer.
Do the right thing and don't bounce icons PLEASE!
Mac Guru
<strong>If a developer does something SMART with their icons (see Adium AOL IM client) the icon can do so much more than bouce like a f***ing rabid kangaroo... Adium's icon is a little bird that flaps its wings to get your attention. OS X allows for animated alert icons in the dock as does it allow for those bouncing icons.
Do the right thing and don't bounce icons PLEASE!
Mac Guru</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well until the developers do something smart, I woun't be having any bounching icons or anything like that.
But I don't object to seeing alternatives -- I'm not going to complain if some develper comes up with some nice alternative such as a suitable animated icon.
First, when I'm doing something, I'm not paying attention to any other apps. It takes a lot of noise and movement to get me to pay attention (especially ICQ... I guess I'm just not that thrilled to chat with most people).
Second, the icons bounce high enough to come fully on screen when the dock is hidden. A bird flapping away isn't going to get my attention if I cannot see it...
So although I find them annoying at times, sometimes that's not such a bad thing because it gets me to pay attention.
Definitely a haxie that I won't be using.
-Ender
That would get annoying... I don't run any programs that do that regularly.
As for the speed, I haven't noticed any slowdown when my dock icons are jumping. Are you all running on G3s or old G4s that have that problem? Doesn't seem like it should slow things down that much.
-Ender
<strong>As for the speed, I haven't noticed any slowdown when my dock icons are jumping. Are you all running on G3s or old G4s that have that problem? Doesn't seem like it should slow things down that much.
-Ender</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well I'm running a 500MHz iBook. I don't see a slow down with the normal bouncing icons while opening an app. It's only the annoying alert bouncing icons.
<strong>I see, well I guess that's up to the programmers. IM programs could be programmed to do something smart, like flash a message icon over the app icon, and prolly even show the number of unread messages. Similar to how mail.app works.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's a good idea. Hopefully one day AIM will be like that.
Anyway, they're a little annoying to me (nothing to go postal about), but my mom (regular non-techie person) thinks they are cute. Just goes to show, different strokes.
Besides... I think for the most part, bad implementation of a good feature is giving it a bad rap. I'm keeping bouncing icons.. in hopes that future software comes closer to making good/tolerable use of it.
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Besides... I think for the most part, bad implementation of a good feature is giving it a bad rap. I'm keeping bouncing icons.. in hopes that future software comes closer to making good/tolerable use of it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You're right, that's why when apps use them right I'll turn it back on. i actually like the bouncing, but I don't like how it slows everything down.
GodDAMN that word has got to be misspelled..