[JB72]

Neat O'Reilly article on some dock-worthy apps.

[Arkham_c]

Terminal, BBEdit, REALBasic, SQLGrinder, Safari, iChat AV, Mail, iTunes, iPhoto,AddressBook, DropStuff,Expander,Net Monitor.

[AU_student_iceBook]

Mail, Safari, iTunes, Systems Preferences, Final Cut Express, NetNewsWire Lite, Dreamweaver MX 2004, Photoshop Elements 2.0, RBrowser Lite (word just happens to be running, I don't keep it in the dock normally)

The X is a folder that contains sub-folders

for easy access to application that I may or may not use everyday.

p.s. I keep my dock on the right, I just moved it to make it friendlier for the screenshot.

[Thor]

My work machine:



Sorry for the width, but ya gotta expect that in a thread like this (and this is scaled down to 75% - 19" monitor @ 1280x1024)..

Finder, Sys Prefs, Mail, Addy Book, term, Net Utility, RBrowser, CocoaMySQL, Mozilla, IE, Safari, Camino, BBEDit, MacLorem, DWMX, FWMX, FHMX, Pshop, Issa, iTunes, Calc, Downloads, Trash

[Mac Guru]

Illustrator 10
Photoshop 7
InDesign 2
SketchUp 3
CSSEdit
Dreamweaver MX 2004
Flash MX 2004
ThemePark
Pyware 3D - Marching Band Drill Design
Suitcase X1

iChat
Mail
Safari
Carracho
Transmit

iCal
TextEdit
Toast 6
Peak 3

Sys. Prefs.
Terminal
KeyCaps - Temp, untill my new (non-broken) iBook Keyboard arrives

Downloads
Documents
Trash

Mac Guru

[Judge_Fire]

Just the running apps and a trash can.

Launches are handled by LaunchBar, windows by WindowShade and soon, Exposé.

J

[tdvorak]

Here's mine, although it changes constantly

And yes, that's XPress 6.0!

[fisherKing]

dock&friend (openmenu; keeping much-used folders & additional apps in contextual menu)

top to bottom:
finder(duh!)/safari/logic/reason/spark xl
revision/indesign/photoshop/dreamweavermx
final draft/yahoo messenger/yahoo mailto

what up dock?

[Diggory Laycock]

[Super Glitcher]

The only thing that cost more than my powerbook....

Photoshop : Illustrator : AfterEffects : Acrobat : InDesign : Quark : Dreamweaver : Director : Flash : Freehand : CorelDraw (bLeh) : ArtDirectors Toolkit : Graphic Convertor : Cleaner : Quicktime : DVD Studio Pro : Final Cut Pro : Soundtrack : Livetype : Lightwave : Modeler : Peak : Reason : CuBase : Absynth : Reaktor : Vokator : Traktor : iTunes : Toast : Jam : Safari : ICQ : Entourage : eXcel : Word : Suitcase : Realbasic : FileMaker : VirtualPC

I still have 3 slots left on my powerbook display! how sweet..

[G-Force]

Originally posted by Judge_Fire:
Just the running apps and a trash can.

Launches are handled by LaunchBar, windows by WindowShade and soon, Exposé.

J

Same here. Launchbar Rules!

[ryaxnb]

Not much.
Finder
Safari
Mail
iTunes & iPhoto
AppleWorks
"Applications Launcher" featuring shortcuts to my apps such as MS Word and Mactracker.

[Sage]

I like to keep it simple -

Finder : Word : Entourage : Safari : Adium (with iChat icon) : iTunes

I launch all other apps using Snard or the plethora of extra keys on my Logitech Elite keyboard.

Some of you have way too much crap in your Docks...

[Super Glitcher]

I resent that... I only have 4 peices of crap in my dock (and that's cuz I have to be 'compatable' with everyone else)

MS Entourage (too bad it works so well)
MS Word
MS Excel
CorelDraw

[Super Glitcher]

actually now that I think about it, virtual pc is pretty much a peice of crap too...

[Xeo]

I only keep a few apps that I use most often. I don't use any other apps for launching, so the Dock is it. I just launch a new window and go to the Applications folder if I need something else (which happens more often than it should, perhaps I should rethink what goes in my Dock).

[JKT]

I see that I still have the longest Dock here



Applications:

@-time : Extensions Manager : Address Book : Adobe Reader : Adobe Photoshop : APOD Grabber : Apple System Profiler : AppleWorks : Backup : Bluetooth Exchange : Calculator : Change Desktop : Chess : Console : Disk Copy : Disk Utility : EnzymesX : Lab Assistant : Fink Commander : FoldersSynchroniser : Goliath : Grab : Graphic Converter : Help Viewer : iCal : iChatAV : iMovie : Internet Connect : iPhoto : iSync : iTunes : Clutter : KeyCaps : Cronnix : MacJanitor : Mail : Cycles : Memory Monitor : Meteorologist : Nisus Thesaurus : OmniDictionary : OmniDiskSweeper : OmniGraffle Pro : OmniOutliner : OmniWeb : Camino : Safari : an Applescript : another Applescript : OroborOSX : XDarwin : PixelNhance : Preview : Quicktime : Mplayer 2.0 : RealOne Player : Sherlock : StickyBrain : Stickies : Stuffit Expander : DropStuff : System Preferences : Terminal : TextEdit : Toast : Print Centre : Watson : Virex : an Applescript : Folding@Home Client

Files and Folders:

Goliath iDisk alias : another Goliath iDisk alias : Applications folder : MacOS 9 Applications : Utilities folder : Home : Desktop : Library : Documents : Movies : Music : Pictures : Public : OmniOutliner files : OmniWeb downloads : APOD jpegs : Text Clippings : TextEdit documents : Updaters : Dock and Menu Extras : Skydiving : Apple OSX feedback URL : another URL : and minimised windows up to the trash.

Phew.

It works for me.

[codywalton]

Synergy overlay

ClearDock

Finder: System Preferences: Mail: Address Book: iCal: Safari: Toast 5: Illustrator 10: Photoshop 7: Image Ready: Premiere 6.5: After effects 5.5: Combustion 2: Juicer: DVD Studio Pro 2: Compressor: A-Pack: Cleaner 6: DVD Player: DVD screen capture: QuickTime 6: Windows Media Player: VideoLan Client: Peak DV: iTunes: Audion 3: Poisoned: ID3X: Director MX: Flash MX: Dreamweaver MX: MS Entourage: MS Excel: MS Powerpoint: MS Word: iSync: Disk Copy: Print Center: Key Caps: Text Edit: Shortcut to compay's file server: Trash.

[Super Glitcher]

JKT- holy crap man.. I like it full, but don't your eyes hurt? You know you can right click a folder to see the contents right?

Crazy

[ism]

Originally posted by JKT:
I see that I still have the longest Dock here

Phew.

It works for me.

and on a 1024x768 res.

Crikey. I thought mine was stupid,



Only recently I just had a few admin apps, and things like mail, address book, etc in my dock and used a folder with shortcuts to select apps.

However, I've decided against this and gone with dock dividers and put in nearly all the apps I used. I can't see **** all now until I mouse over them.

My theory is that I'm more likely to launch that app (i.e get around to something productive instead of pissing about on macnn, etc) IF the icon is right there staring at me and not tucked away in a menu. But then again everything is so small I can't see it, so maybe that plan won't work.

Ideally I'd use dockfun, but it is just too slow on my mac (imac g3 450) and doesn't work well with dock discs

If you're interested it contains:

Console, Terminal, FinkCommander, System Preferences, StuffIt Expander, X11
--artyfarty divider--
GraphicConverter, iDraw, iPhoto, iphoto droplet
--discutils divider--
Discribe OSX 5.0.36, Toast Titanium 5.2, DVDBackup, Disk Utility
--games divider--
Airburst Carbon, Chess, Oni Demo
--web divider--
iChat, Fire, Mail, Address Book, Camino, Safari, iSwipe
--music divider--
iTunes, Ogg Drop X, RealOne Player
--video divider--
DVD Player, QuickTime Player, VLC
--productivity divider--
Stickies, Calculator, iCal, AppleWorks, Adobe Reader 6.0, OmniGraffle, Script Editor
--webdesign divider--
BBEdit, Style Master, Captain FTP, Unicode Converter, UnicodeChecker
--audio divider--
Audacity, Audio Hijack, WireTap
--movie divider--
Copernicus, iMovie2, ffmpegX, MediaPipe, Sizzle, Slick Motion, VCD Builder
--otheropen divider--
Folders:
internal, firewire, home directory

I think there is too much

[keston]

whoa!! Have none of you heard of Launchbar ?

[Judge_Fire]

Originally posted by keston:
whoa!! Have none of you heard of Launchbar ?

I bet they have, but they just haven't seen the light

BTW, I sent the developer an idea: allow the user to pop up the LaunchBar window near the cursor. I use LaunchBar as a drag&drop target, in which it excels already, but with this tweak you wouldn't have to drag over large screen distances!

Oops, it was a Dock thread.. sorry,

J

[codywalton]

I tried Launchbar. didn't like it.

[Super Glitcher]

lunchbar? eh? Fine, I'll download it... *sigh*

annoying.. progressive mentallity of some people these days.. *sheesh*

[Super Glitcher]

Thanks for the tip!

launchbar is soooooooo sweet- holy crap!! I feel like I just got a new computer again.

ahhh progressiveness

[keston]

I keep the most frequent apps in the dock, and use Launchbar for all the rest, including folders.

Desktop (G4 DP 1.25Ghz)

Finder | ShowDesktop | Safari | Mail | Proteus | StickyBrain | BBEdit | Terminal | SystemPrefs | StuffIt Expander | NeverwinterNights (temp) | PalmDesktop Drop | Pitbul (temp) | Trash

Laptop (Pismo G3 400Mhz)

Finder | ShowDesktop | Safari | Entourage | iTunes | BBEdit | Notes | SystemPrefs | Terminal | DiskCopy | StuffIt Expander | Trash

[Super Glitcher]

Hey keston-
the background on your desktop (DP.G4) looks pretty sweet- do you have a full image of it online somewhere? can you post a thumb?

[keston]

Its titled Mechbot, i got it here:
http://www.customize.org/details/19238

Originally posted by Super Glitcher:
Hey keston-
the background on your desktop (DP.G4) looks pretty sweet- do you have a full image of it online somewhere? can you post a thumb?

[Eyenovation]

Obvious apps here, no need to explain them.

[Super Glitcher]

thanks- better than I was expecting

[kennedy]

I love the Dock... I love the ability to right click to access windows and other stuff... I love that my running programs are always in the same position, making it super quick to bring up an app. In Windoze, I go out of my way to start all my common programs first thing in the same order so that they end up in the same position... at least until one crashes... so annoying.

[IMG]/Users/brian/Desktop/dock.jpg[/IMG]

Hmmm... I'd post my dock here, but I don't seem to know how any more.