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- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -15/+70I love the dock. SCREW YOU!
- kidtwist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+41I like the dock.
- imbatman05, on 10/12/2007, -4/+32This monstrosity looks like the Google Desktop sidebar. The dock is perfect as it is. Its incredible simplicity is what makes it so good, it doesn't need all those features!
- bradym80, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28I like the dock. I dont want it to turn into the windows system tray.
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***** bubbles making me lose mouse focus! - punx45, on 10/12/2007, -3/+21granted I didnt read everything, and mostly just looked at some of the screens, and will probably sound ignorant, but at first glance this looks like nothing more than windows/vista/KDE-ifying (cant believe i mentioned all 3 in one sentence)the gui. to each his own i suppose
- nandabanaotakun, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23The dock is an incarnation of juicy awesomeness.
Please don't take it away from me.
Can't you just kill it with Onyx or something if you don't like it? - neom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Pardon my ignorance.. but didn't microsoft do this and call it the taskbar?
- Quix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14"So turn them off, newb. Figure out how to work your system before you bitch about stupid little things like that. I hate the fact that every time I try and "close" an app in OSX, it's not REALLY closed, unless I Apple-Q it." - Veamon
I guess you need to figure out that in OS X, closing a window means you're just closing a window.
Newb. :) - zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13"be sure to check out some screenshots at"
There's something strangely Vista-ish in those screenshots. I'm happy with the dock the way it is. - kevinmotel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12i like both this and the dock. the dock is simple, but this has a lot of the dock's features as well as a lot of features of dashboard
- leucippus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13This is too good of an idea to let it die this early in the contest. If people just took a moment to look at the website Russell put together! Individual effort and creativity should be rewarded, especially versus hijacked ideas like DW and rehashes like iGTD.
- chmod, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Agreed. You don't like the dock: turn it off. You want more functionality: download quicksilver. Don't try to make OS X look and feel more like windows/kde/gnome, most of us like it just as it is.
- wild, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12I would never use it. The dock deos what it does very well. I don't need a dumb toolbar at the bottom. I need an app launcher.
Sorry, no vote from me. - mouthster, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12Do not ***** with the dock.
- OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Less is more.
The Dock worked fine for NextStep/OpenStep, and it's the right tool for OS X. - dmurray14, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I have no problem with the dock. Simple and straighforward.
- geoken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7To me it seems like a bunch of widgets replacing the dock, with one of those widgets bieng an app launcher.
- fba199, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Whoops, I thought it was Windows. Looks cool, but the dock is what makes OS X different from Windows. If you hate the dock hide it.
- DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I love the dock. This particular idea really doesn't appeal to me. I'd rather stick with the dock+dashboard combination.
- gwalbridge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6How is the voting over? I just voted for it. Don't mislead, not cool.
- Tilneys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I love the Dock. This app looks like its trying to do an idiotic Windows Start Menu.
Keep it, no vote from me. - Noctem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Wow, let's make it look exactly like KDE. Great idea. *rolls eyes*
- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The dock is one of the best features of OSX. This app looks pretty neat but it looks too cluttered to me. Reminds me of Vista actually...
- gargantuan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6i fear it. I love the dock. But then again I feared OS X because I loved OS 9. This might just be the best thing ever. But something about it screams 'Windows'. Should the dock do more, or should it just be a dock? I'm undecided.
- manicdvln, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I also prefer the dock, even though this dock/dashboard hybrid looks more productive, the simplicity of the osx dock is less intimidating to potential new customers and computer illiterates.
- jholdaway, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4love the dock. Its so much better than anything out there. you can have hierarchal menues and so much other stuff.
- machx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4maybe it's just me, but this app makes it look like it would decrease productivity. I say this because you've modified a dock from being able to see dozens of icons at a time to 5 icons which means constantly toggling the view
additionally while those pop-up things are great like the one for iCal I just love it, unfortunitely it seems like something that really to be done well would need to be implemented in iCal itself and not some 3rd party app - right75, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This reminds me of the Windows taskbar, which I don't much care for.
- punx45, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6"The idea has grown on me, as I realized that not everyone likes their dock on the side — and it **does take up even more screen space** at lower resolutions"
and yet all the screenshots are of Ground Control completely overwhelming the screen as well as the dock. - DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Maybe the problem is the title of this digg. In my opinion, this is really a dashboard alternative, not a dock alternative. It would maybe be received better here if it had been described that way.
- somnus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@Veamon:
I think the program/window management in OS X is far more logical. Close windows, quit programs. What doesn't make sense to you? In the Windows program/window management, if you have 5 IE windows open, the taskbar and alt-tab consider it 5 programs. What the hell? Worse yet, you waste screen real estate on 5 menu bars. It really makes no sense. To me, it gets in the way of productivity and screams disorganization. You'll notice program suites such as Adobe's and Macromedia's include their own windows management systems. This should be a pretty big clue that something is wrong. - pumacub, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Interesting idea, but it lacks serious polish and looks like something more suited for Vista.
- uownedge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Agreed. The dock does exactly what it was designed to do, and does it well. I really don't have a problem hitting F12 to access dashboard either. When I want more advanced things, >F12, and there I have them.
I'm not sure what the deal is with people claiming the dock takes up more space. You can adjust it's size in system preferences to suite your needs at any resolution.
Beyond that, the only thing I've done on my Macs is use TransparentDock to make the background completely transparent, and place the dock's position at the far left, rather than centered, as I like my listed apps (such as IM) to sit on the right hand side of the screen (and they typically fit nicely from top to bottom, with the dock moved to the left). - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, feels like a windows task bar to me. Don't forget to "Think Different." It is a lovely effort though. I will be voting for Atmosphere:
http://mydreamapp.com/contestants/view/cameronwestland/
Yes, more useless bloat-ware that makes me love my Mac even more. I liked fuzzy dice back in the day too. They obstructed my vision and did not emit a pleasing aroma, but they looked cooool. - Vermifax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2iRock The Dock!
If I was jonesin' for a bubbly Windows Task Bar, I'd just re-boot into this crappy Vista RC1 on my iMac.
No Digg from me. - greerso, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Put me down for Quicksilver too, rarely look at the dock anymore. Quicksilver for OSX and Launchy on Windows rock.
- MBX1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i prefer the dock over this other dreamapp suggestion that looks more like some windows vista "more is less"-philosophy.
- bkorte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2+Digg because its a very nice implementation. If it wasn't for the sheer awesomeness of the dock, this would top the list of replacements.
Well designed and thought out product but just not what I'm personally looking for. - Scott2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wow, its the Control Strip, back from the grave of OS 9!
Keep it. - zetsurin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3"I'm not sure what the deal is with people claiming the dock takes up more space."
Exactly, don't people use the zooming effect as you mouse over the icons? I have mine ultra small at the bottom of the screen and it's only used by me for switching between running apps because launching is performed compliments of the incredible Quicksilver. - redrighthand, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I want the built in ability to adjust transparency to the dock (without a 3rd party app) but aside from that I love it
- tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you want an application launcher, install PathFinder and it gives you a handy little menubar icon that acts like the Start Menu in Windows.
This app idea is basically just Dashboard but on your screen all the time. I don't want all that info on my screen at once. The beauty of the dock is how simple it is. The beauty of Dashboard is that it gives you more info *when you want it*. A mashup of both means both of those positives becomes diluted. - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have only one problem with the Dock - I want the option to keep the Dock area of my screen protected from other windows. It drives me nuts when I'm mousing to an item on the bottom of an application screen, and it's sharing space with the Dock.
Other than that, I love the Dock. I don't need it to turn into some kind of feature-laden bloatware. - JROCKinAK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I love the dock why in the hell would I want to replace it with this app? That's just crazy, if I wanted my items in to look like that I will just use my windows PC. This idea is stupid!
- fraggle35, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I like the dock, if hiding is turned on it takes no space at all until you need it.
- morouxshi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That thing is so big and bulky its something Microsoft would come up with, oh wait, their windows button was that horrible and it was introduced years ago. i guess they already came up with.
The dock just works, even if its just barely, quick access to the information and programs i need is vital, and that just would completely destroy that. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i like stickit actually, i think its the most useful for anybody. I can't stand those little sticky notes but if you could assign it to anything at all like any app and you closed that app or webpage and it disappeared and reappeared when you opened it again that would be stupid cool
- xenixninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Wow. That was just ugly and bulky.
- dineshbabu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I love the dock. The dock is here to stay. This thing makes OS X look like Windows , with that Task bar like look !
- SPThom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not a bad idea, but the feasibility of the implementation is terrible.
People think Dashboard's a memory hog? Try loading iTunes, iPhoto, iCal, etc. simultaneously at runtime, always on, and that's about how fast this thing would probably load. It *could* be written efficiently, but it'd be very hard to, and you're going to get a lot of trade-offs in one place or another (boot time, module loadtime per-click, stripped functionality, etc. -
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