sick of dock rollover effect
after approx 2 years, I have turned off the dock effect when you roll over the icons.
I dunno why, but I think the "prettiness" and novelty has finally worn off. I hate 'aiming' for the icons that move etc.
aaaanyway, anyone else changed their dock habits?
and btw, since its been available, i've had it transparent (the dock that is...)
I dunno why, but I think the "prettiness" and novelty has finally worn off. I hate 'aiming' for the icons that move etc.
aaaanyway, anyone else changed their dock habits?
and btw, since its been available, i've had it transparent (the dock that is...)
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I always had the zooming off.
Multiple Docks would be nice.
Now I've adopted a left-edge dock too. Gives me more vertical room for browsing, though most applications (even Apple ones) are only semi-dock aware, as in they THINK the dock will always be along the bottom edge. So they resize to perfectly fit a bottom-edge dock, but they end up being under my left-edge dock. Not a big problem, it's not that big so I can always move stuff out of the way.
I want one of two things - either a little grabber-tab thing for extending and retracting the dock, or the ability to turn the dock off completely in favor of a different dock.
<strong>Dock zoom was always gei. I only have a few items, and that makes it annoying. However some of the docks on those Power of X keynotes make it clear when magnification is necessary.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Or if you have a cinematic display?
It's the only time I've seen zooming come into play. I have an "old" G3 700 Graphite iMac and I have it hidden on the bottom. I might get rid of it and find a hak for a more OS 9 finder/menu type.
<strong>after approx 2 years, I have turned off the dock effect when you roll over the icons.</strong><hr></blockquote>
It took you that long? I did that on the first day. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
<strong>I have it still turned on. I kinda like it.
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I'm with him i like it too....it's just one of those cool things that helps the user not get in there way as the icon goes back to small when you click on it and move the mouse away.....it's just another thing that windows people can't do... <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
<strong>I have it still turned on. I kinda like it.
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i like it but only a little like i said earlier
its better with just a slight increase, when it gets giant, its REALLY annoying
i think you people that dont like it would like it better if u did what i did and have it slightly increase in size...its just a nice classy amount of motion
And I've always had magnification on. It's pretty.
<strong>how do you make it transparent? ive been wondering this for some time now...</strong><hr></blockquote>
If you a simple one you can try ClearDOck from Unsanity.
<a href="http://unsanity.com/haxies/cleardock/" target="_blank">http://unsanity.com/haxies/cleardock/</a>
As for my Dock habits, I like the zoom. I think I will keep on using it. I'm thinking about trying DragThing though. I'll see how that works out.
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I'm with him i like it too....it's just one of those cool things that helps the user not get in there way as the icon goes back to small when you click on it and move the mouse away.....it's just another thing that windows people can't do... <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Just to let y'all know, there is an EXCELLNT OS Xdock imitation at <a href="http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/" target="_blank">http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/</a>
It works really well.
You can find extras for it and general XP customization at <a href="http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=29" target="_blank">http://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=29</a>
I'm kinda surprised Apple hasnt pounced on this yet. I guess once they get through their latest barrage of UI patents, we'll see the demise of this too.
Screenshot of it: