It could be handled just like when you currently launch an app that is not already on the dock. It's icon appears on the dock (topmost layer) until you quit the app.
it doesn't do the same thing though. Once you launch the app, it pops up on the "Apps" side of the Dock and adds more clutter. If you had an Apps stack on the Dock, you'd pop it open, launch your app and it jumps to the top of that stack to show you it's the most recently active App. Any other apps that are in that stack just stay behind the most recently launched... It keeps your dock from getting as wide as your display even when it's as small as possible. I've seen people with a dock at its shortest height that still spans all the way across a 30" cinema display. I know, it's totally ridiculous and could probably be changed with some changes in how they use the Dock, but nonetheless, if they could make some stacks with their Apps, it'd clean it up a bit.
doctordbxDec 4, 2007
No idea why veloscaper is getting dugg down... he's 100% right.
calon9Jan 20, 2008
It could be handled just like when you currently launch an app that is not already on the dock. It's icon appears on the dock (topmost layer) until you quit the app.
lrdntwndJan 22, 2008
it doesn't do the same thing though. Once you launch the app, it pops up on the "Apps" side of the Dock and adds more clutter. If you had an Apps stack on the Dock, you'd pop it open, launch your app and it jumps to the top of that stack to show you it's the most recently active App. Any other apps that are in that stack just stay behind the most recently launched... It keeps your dock from getting as wide as your display even when it's as small as possible. I've seen people with a dock at its shortest height that still spans all the way across a 30" cinema display. I know, it's totally ridiculous and could probably be changed with some changes in how they use the Dock, but nonetheless, if they could make some stacks with their Apps, it'd clean it up a bit.