

I particularly like the way application windows are.

(I even prefer the new glowing-white dots to Tiger’s black triangles. The translucent menu isnt as distracting as Id imagined, and I like the solidity of the Docks shelf.
#Dockshelf mac mac#
In the release version of Leopard, the Dock looks very different when positioned on either side of your screen-in fact, it’s quite Tiger-like, as you can see in the image to the right. The Alchemist Guild’s 5 DockShelf ( Mac App Store Link) is a handy little utility that allows you to create additional docks for your desktop. As it turns out, someone at Apple was apparently listening. By clicking on the one you need, you will immediately go to it. You just need to bring the mouse to its icon and thumbnails of all its windows will appear. DockShelf lets you have as many docks as you like, containing whatever you want, in any position on your desktop. Suggested that Apple should at least alter the new Dock’s appearance when the Dock is on the side of the screen. DockView is a utility that adds a preview of the windows of the selected application in the macOS Dock. (See an example on theīack while Leopard was still in development, several commenters This lets you switch between apps or terminate processes with a right-click, as well as. But perhaps the most significant complaint, voiced by people who had actually been using the new Dock, was that when you placed it on the side of your screen, the whole “shelf” metaphor broke down. DockShelf can even create docks for running processes (like a taskbar). For example, I find the new indicator for which programs are currently running-a bluish sphere-to be difficult to see. More important, there have been legitimate concerns about the new Dock’s usability. Along with others, I’ve wondered what was so bad about the look of the Dock in OS X 10.4.
