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Orion27 · Mar 4, 2003, 04:49 PM

I have 23 apps including the finder on my dock. How many do you have and at what point does it become inconvenient?

iT4c0 · Mar 4, 2003, 04:55 PM

I have 25 app including finder. I dont mind that many but sometimes I find less app is much clean and nicer looking

sushiism · Mar 4, 2003, 05:25 PM

4

cpac · Mar 4, 2003, 05:31 PM

20 Even:

Finder
Mail
Address Book
iCal
Stickies
Safari
Omniweb
Sherlock
OmniDictionary
OmniOutliner
TextEdit
Word
Quicken 2003
Preview
iPhoto
iTunes
Acquisition
System Preferences
Print Center
Terminal

MacGorilla · Mar 4, 2003, 05:32 PM

I have four, including the Finder. I use LaunchBar, which makes life so much easier. You should too.

JHromadka · Mar 4, 2003, 06:02 PM

I created a QuickLaunch folder that I filled with aliases and then put on the dock. I only have 6 apps that I keep in the Dock at all times (SysPrefs, Address Book, iCal, Mail, Safari, & iTunes).

OpenStep · Mar 4, 2003, 06:11 PM

16 including the finder

SupahCoolX · Mar 4, 2003, 06:17 PM

12 apps (Finder, Safari, Mail, iCal, Address book, iSync, Checkbook, iPhoto, Appleworks, Notes, Acquisition, iTunes), 1 dockling (Prefling- it rules!), and 2 folder aliases (main partition, desktop folder).

sek929 · Mar 4, 2003, 06:20 PM

24 Apps minus finder and system preferences.

Dale Sorel · Mar 4, 2003, 06:22 PM

I just downloaded this little launcher-thing for Konfabulator. Got a few apps out of the Dock

megasad · Mar 4, 2003, 06:58 PM

My Dock:

Finder, Safari, Microsoft Entourage (with UK Mail Stamp icon), MSN Messenger, Fire, Transmit, Speed Download, BBEdit, ImageViewer (with custom icon), GraphicConverter, Adobe Photoshop, Pic2Icon, KoalaCalc (custom icon), iTunes, Microsoft Word, MacJournal, Terminal (custom icon), Trash.

Which I use in conjunction with my FruitMenu enhanced Apple Menu:

dampeoples · Mar 4, 2003, 07:15 PM

24 including finder on the iBook, about 30 on the iMac. I shoudl probably make one of those folder dealies.

chris v · Mar 4, 2003, 07:33 PM

17 on my Cube at home.

Finder
System Prefs
Print Center
Classic? dockling
Calculator
DragThing
Terminal
Quicken
Photoshop
GoLive
SETI dockling
Eudora
M$ Explorer (wife won't use anything else)
Chimera
Omniweb (daughter's favorite browser)
Watson
Safari

More or less the same at work, except add Illustrator and Suitcase, but subtract Explorer.

I've got 4 more DragThing docks divided into Graphics, Internet, Audio and Utilities.

CV

vsurfer · Mar 4, 2003, 08:36 PM

29 apps
6 folders
1 'Scriptlet' (Applescript application)
1 applescript launcher icon

37 items including trash excluding minimized documents

Will be looking at migrating some of these to Drag Thing -- oops Project Builder and Interface Builder refuse to leave. That's strange! They are crashing the dock party as we speak.

As the bouncer tried to kick them out they resorted to foul language!:

Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000134
Thread 1 Crashed:

I'd like to get it down to 20.

Leonis · Mar 5, 2003, 02:04 AM

A picture worth 1000+ words

alphasubzero949 · Mar 5, 2003, 02:17 AM

Apps: Finder, Clock, iCal, DesktopCalendar, ThermoInDock, System Prefs, Keychain, Terminal, MacJanitor, ProcessViewer, Console, Address Book, Photoshop, iPhoto, Preview, Mail, Adium, iChat, AdGate, Safari, OmniWeb, Sherlock, Fetch, TextEdit, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, iTunes, DVD Player, QuickTime, MPlayer, RealOne, Acquisition, Limewire, DragThing

Documents/Directories: 5

For a total of 40 items.

Judge_Fire · Mar 5, 2003, 02:45 AM

1: Finder

Since Launchbar can act as a drag&drop target for files, too, I really have very little use for the dock. It's been reduced to a list of running apps, that's all.

J

ckohler · Mar 5, 2003, 03:14 AM

This layout has always been good enough for me. Most used apps in the dock, all the others in a folder of aliases.

Nathan Adams · Mar 5, 2003, 06:12 AM

here's mine:
culled down to the apps I either have open all the time, or use regularly.
on the right I have folders for apps, home, and my work

JKT · Mar 5, 2003, 06:32 AM

I think I win so far - I have 60 apps (Finder inclusive) and 21 permanent files/folders plus whatever minimised windows I have at the time and 1 Trash:

daydreamer · Mar 5, 2003, 06:39 AM

Originally posted by JKT:
I think I win so far - I have 60 apps (Finder inclusive) and 21 permanent files/folders plus whatever minimised windows I have at the time and 1 Trash:

Doesn't your iMac freak out with all those apps open and a gigantic dock?

daydreamer · Mar 5, 2003, 06:48 AM

I like to keep things organized

ARENA · Mar 5, 2003, 07:27 AM

7 permanent plus those active at the moment.
My DragThing Dock has pretty much every other app in my system.

codywalton · Mar 5, 2003, 07:49 AM

only the apps currently running. I use fruitmenu to launch apps, then use my dock as a visual indicator of running apps, as small as possible, pinned to the right.

works very well for me.

mark9939 · Mar 5, 2003, 09:37 AM

My dock, 18 items:

Finder
Mail
iChat
Safari
iTunes
Terminal
iPhoto
iMovie
Word
Appleworks
Sherlock
Quicktime
Sys Pref
AIM
Limewire
Calculator
Stickies
Trash

And yes... Safari's my only browser.

fisherKing · Mar 5, 2003, 10:11 AM

mozilla
indesign
photoshop
logic
reason
peak
dreamweaver mx
final draft
itunes
toast
palm
limewire
yahoo messenger
trash

with another 17 or so in the apple menu...

ie no clutter!

JKT · Mar 5, 2003, 01:00 PM

Originally posted by daydreamer:
Doesn't your iMac freak out with all those apps open and a gigantic dock?

Nope, not with 640MB RAM. Usually, I have more than that open too... but most of those apps already open are not that RAM intensive. I occasionally suffer bad paging if I'm using a really RAM hungry monster like iPhoto or Photoshop, but other than that it runs tickety-boo.

Stuphalina · Mar 5, 2003, 01:12 PM

31, including Finder, but no folders. I use Fruit Menu to clear that up, or else I would have at least 9 folders there.

Peter · Mar 5, 2003, 01:50 PM

My Dock
The Image button, doesn't work ...

I win the award for most orgainsied -
Left -> Right
Finder > Mail/Communication > Maths > Music > Web > Text > Office V.X > Graphics > P2P > Messenger > Stuff > Trash

-Q- · Mar 5, 2003, 02:02 PM

Originally posted by daydreamer:

I like to keep things organized

May I inquire as to where you got the nice separators?

sinthetique · Mar 5, 2003, 02:12 PM

I have 31, excluding the Finder.
I don't find it inconvenient at all. I just group all apps of a certain kind with each other... email, web browsers, graphic/design apps, music and media, office apps...

Stradlater · Mar 5, 2003, 02:27 PM

Originally posted by JKT:
I think I win so far - I have 60 apps (Finder inclusive) and 21 permanent files/folders plus whatever minimised windows I have at the time and 1 Tras

I don't know if I'd consider that "winning"

kovacs · Mar 5, 2003, 02:28 PM

Usually around 15 including the finder, plus a bunch of dock dividers that divide my dock in different categories, internet, office, media and system...

Anomalous · Mar 5, 2003, 02:32 PM

I have 13 including the Finder, plus one folder and one dockling.

Arkham_c · Mar 5, 2003, 03:21 PM

15 including the Finder.

Finder
Terminal
BBEdit
RealBasic 5
SQL Grinder
iChat
Mail.app
Safari
iTunrs
iPhoto
Address Book
Stuffit Expander
DropStuff
Net Monitor
SpamBayes

ryju · Mar 5, 2003, 03:41 PM

The only time it's inconvenient for me is when my dock starts to shrink with everything in it.

daydreamer · Mar 5, 2003, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by -Q-:
May I inquire as to where you got the nice separators?

get it Here

fisherKing · Mar 5, 2003, 04:45 PM

first week in osx, and totally loving it.
not a poll, but curious:

does anyone hide their dock?

i like it out-of-the way sometimes, but also like it always visibly available. not sure yet what i will commit to...

so:

? show

or hide

-Q- · Mar 5, 2003, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by daydreamer:
get it Here

Many thanks!

Stradlater · Mar 5, 2003, 05:10 PM

Originally posted by fisherKing:
? show or hide

i prefer it onscreen, waiting for it to load and not knowing exactly where i have to click to load a specific app is a little annoying

ARENA · Mar 5, 2003, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by fisherKing:

? show or hide

Always shown, at 32 x 32 size.
I never liked autohide.

ibobunot · Mar 5, 2003, 05:53 PM

50 apps in eight different folders divided by categories.

keston · Mar 5, 2003, 07:21 PM

About 10 items excluding Finder/Trash, LaunchBar does the rest.

mdc · Mar 5, 2003, 07:59 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
... I use LaunchBar, which makes life so much easier. You should too.

after hearing things about launchbar, i decided to download it about 20 minutes ago, i have just finished sending my credticard details for the $19.95 registration.

very very nice piece of software. it is so much quicker than having a folder in the dock and right clicking on it and choosing the app. what i _used_ to do.

give launchbar a try, you might like it.

my dock now has:
finder safari mail proteus itunes | trash
those are programs that run in my dock 99.9% of the time.

elmer · Mar 6, 2003, 02:07 PM

About 5 or six apps, the Favourites folder, Office X folder and Desktop folder.
For the apps, I normally choose ones that I would conceivably drag a file onto for opening when the app is closed. Especially apps that open files that can be opened by many different apps. For example, GraphicConverter, Word, Safari and of course DropStuff.

Don Pickett · Mar 6, 2003, 06:09 PM

28 I use regularly. I also have MaxMenus for the less frequently used ones.

morgantruce · Mar 7, 2003, 09:22 AM

I have only ONE item on my dock: iBible

No need for any of that filthy internet stuff...

Bless you all,

Ned Flanders

Peter · Mar 7, 2003, 10:10 AM

okay then ... do you guys have magnification on or off?
I prefer it off ...

imago dei · Mar 7, 2003, 11:22 AM

I echo the sentiments of others regarding LaunchBar. The dock can then concentrate on

displaying running applications (much like OS 9's application switcher)
Minimized windows (Which in my opinion, rather mimics Window's taskbar)

LaunchBar's drag and drop utilization and file system navigation also add to its worth. I highly reccomend it!

-imago dei

Mrjinglesusa · Mar 7, 2003, 11:52 AM

I only have running apps in the Dock. I used to keep about 25-30 and then went with just Finder and Trash and whatever apps are currently running. I like it A LOT better this way. I use Tigerlaunch to open up apps I want to use.