Failing Dock (was Re: Stacks - a part of the Finder or just the Dock?)

[Ashley Aitken]

On 20/06/2007, at 2:05 PM, mmalc Crawford wrote:

> On Jun 19, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Ashley Aitken wrote:
>
>> But I don't think a tabbed dock will work when Apple's Dock is  
>> really three docks in one - running applications + files & folders  
>> + minimised windows.
>>
> The PR1 "dock" had all three -- clicking the icon on the far left  
> of the dock showed all the running apps, and (IIRC) clicking the  
> icon on the right showed the windows.

Ok, thanks for making that clear (please ignore my almost  
simultaneous - at least from where I am sitting - post asking just  
that question).

I suggest again though that it may not work that well having running  
applications and minimised windows in tabs.  One generally wants them  
to be "visible"  and directly accessible.

> I think there was some other convenience as well, such as  
> continuing to press an app icon displayed the associated windows...

I've always been surprised that Apple's Dock doesn't do that - it  
seems to me like an obvious feature to have.  Unfortunately,  
DragThing doesn't have it either.

Cheers,
Ashley.

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Ashley Aitken
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