Macintosh like Dock bar

Forum: DSL Ideas and Suggestions
Topic: Macintosh like Dock bar
started by: anime2k3

Posted by anime2k3 on Jan. 10 2005,17:50

I doubt this will be taken into consideration..but maybey it'll interest someone into making a .dsl extension..

At higher resolutions or lower sometimes programs and text get hard to see.

The dock would be a great addition to a program launcher, and add a bit of eye candy to

When the mouse passes over a program icon on the dock it is dynamically resized; along with launch feedback..

Here is an example:
< Object Dock >

Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 10 2005,18:06

That would be an alright extension, but for two things....
1) It's a Windows application
2) It's not open source. Licensing issues may prevent redistribution.

There is a dockapp called wmdrawer which provides similar functionality.

Posted by anime2k3 on Jan. 11 2005,10:04

oh, ok, ill look into that one.

i didnt think this would pick up, but i apreciate the reply.

to bad the programs not open source, it would make a great app

Posted by green on Jan. 12 2005,02:04

isn't there something like that in KDE ?

Posted by bluefreak on Jan. 12 2005,12:49

i'm not sure, but i think there is a gdesklet that is similar to this.

anyway stardock is a great software company. windowblinds, desktopx, iconpackager, and objectdock are the premier skinning apps for windows.

Posted by anime2k3 on Jan. 12 2005,12:55

Green:
I havent seen one in KDE, but the task bar does zoom out a bit and is resizable.

If there is please let me know, as i try out linux distros from time to time; DSL is my current fave.

i find it quite a friendly distro.

Posted by mpie on Jan. 14 2005,14:21

have a look on scource.fourge for pogo........

simular open source gadjet and is a self contained binary there for download extract to home and should run , can then tar it up for a pogo.tar.gz