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

[mmalc Crawford]

On Jun 19, 2007, at 11:25 PM, Ashley Aitken wrote:

>> 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.
>
The Apps and Documents icons were on every tab.
Serendipitously I just found:
	<http://homepage.mac.com/mmalc/NS4beta.mp4>
I'm not sure who to credit for that one (the previous screen grab was  
one I had from a UK NEXTSTEP User Group meeting a long time ago).

>> 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.
>
It already does what I meant (you see a list of associated windows in  
a menu) so I wasn't sufficiently clear -- what would you like it to do?

mmalc