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A-Dock 2.2 ($7 Shareware) Mac OS X, the next generation of the Mac OS, introduces some new user interface concepts that may initially throw Mac OS 9.x users for a loop. One of the more notable elements is the Dock, a Mac OS X feature that allows one to access both currently running applications, favorites and system applications. Forget the friendly Apple and Application menu... Until now, one had to get the Mac OS X Public Beta to check out these features. But thanks to A-Dock, Mac OS 9.x users can experience some of the benefits of the Dock... Similar to the Mac OS X Dock, A-Dock displays a group of icons on the bottom of your screen. You can have the icons displayed at all times, or only have them appear when the cursor is near. They are broken up into 3 groups. On the left are applications that one has selected as favorites. In the middle are active applications. On the right is the Trash. This is a bit different from Mac OS X, which has active and favorite applications on the left, and system icons on the right.
Like the Mac OS X Dock, A-Dock application have a small triangle under them if they are running. Also, if you take a document and drag it onto an A-Dock application icon, the document will be opened with the application, just like with Mac OS X. One difference, when compared with Mac OS X, is that applications can't simply be dragged onto the Dock. They must be dragged from the Active (middle) to the Favorites (left) section of the A-Dock. If you haven't yet taken the Mac OS X plunge, then A-Dock will help ease your transition into the Mac OS X world, and the very usable Dock concept. Have any other Mac Gadgets that make you want to break out some incense? Let John know via e-mail, so he can review it, or share it with the rest of us in the Mac Gadget Forum. |
