Do you have a big dock? [Archive]

Koodauw

Apr 25, 2004, 03:50 PM

I was just curious as to the size of you everyone's dock. I like to change my around. Sometimes I pack it full of software, (in an effort to look like I have alot of important stuff) and other times I like to clean it out, and just keep the important stuff in there. I also like to keep my dock fairly small.

How about you?

stoid

Apr 25, 2004, 03:54 PM

Mine's bigger, oh wait, you said dock, nm.

I generally keep mine tidy and fit. I just leave apps open since they don't really take up any CPU time in the background. So my Dock contains frequently used apps and then 15-20 running applications.

markjones05

Apr 25, 2004, 03:55 PM

I only like to keep the stuff I use multiple times everyday in the dock

edesignuk

Apr 25, 2004, 03:58 PM

You know, I had to read this thread title 3 or 4 times just to make sure what exactly it was about...:eek: ;)

So, in answer to the question, no, not very big. 27 icons inc. finder & trash.

CrackedButter

Apr 25, 2004, 04:02 PM

I have 10 items excluding the finder and the trashcan.

gwuMACaddict

Apr 25, 2004, 04:06 PM

my dock is pretty small :rolleyes:

the size of the dock doesn't matter- its how you use it :p :D

Savage Henry

Apr 25, 2004, 04:10 PM

You know, I had to read this thread title 3 or 4 times just to make sure what exactly it was about...:eek: ;)

So, in answer to the question, no, not very big. 27 icons inc. finder & trash.

I had to re-read it as well, but I put it down to it being the weekend and my mind is on other things.

20 icons inc F+T.

Grokgod

Apr 25, 2004, 04:12 PM

My DOCK is BIG! Bigger than yours!

My girlfriend is always playing with it.

Grimace

Apr 25, 2004, 04:13 PM

my dock is hidden most of time; usually it's very small, but when you point to what you want, it gets very very big.

[magnification sickos!]

blue&whiteman

Apr 25, 2004, 04:17 PM

29 items including the finder and trash.

thought I may as well just show it.

musicpyrite

Apr 25, 2004, 04:18 PM

I like to keep my dock pretty small ( that has ABSOLUTLY no relation to the other kind of dock :eek: ;) ). Just Safari, iTunes, LimeWire, M$ Word, Appleworks, Mail, iChat, Photoshp CS, Terminal, TextEdit, Calculator, system prefs (+ F and T).

baby duck monge

Apr 25, 2004, 04:27 PM

17 items in mine (including finder and trash). things are grouped from left to right by type and frequency of use (i like to have as many open apps grouped together as possible).

used to keep the size quite small, but since i started using adium i keep it bigger so i can read the text bubbles on the icon (also, the duck is just so darn cute...).

Powerbook G5

Apr 25, 2004, 04:35 PM

Mine generally has 18-20 icons including Finder and Trash and whatever extra program or two I may be running that isn't already a part of the dock. I also keep the size of the dock around the low-mid range and put magnification on just slightly so I get some feedback when navigating. Overall, I like keeping the desktop clean and uncluttered.

matthew24

Apr 25, 2004, 04:58 PM

I got 13 items in the Dock, plus the application folder. I needed to reorganize my app folder so I put a number of folders in there: Accesoires/tools, Games, Media Players and a Folder called 'Dock'! Most of the apps in the Dock are in this folder. So when I right-click the App folder it really is tidy. :)

jackieonasses

Apr 25, 2004, 05:12 PM

i have 26....is that bad??

blue&whiteman

Apr 25, 2004, 05:30 PM

i have 26....is that bad??

not bad at all. having that many would only slow things down if you had hide the dock on. even then it wouldn't make much of a difference. I myself keep the icons smaller, have magnification off and also have animate icons off. with things set like this the dock won't hinder your system at all.

King Cobra

Apr 25, 2004, 07:52 PM

Usually 12 items, but goes up to about 16 or 18 during more active computer usage.

NusuniAdmin

Apr 25, 2004, 07:55 PM

Mine's bigger, oh wait, you said dock, nm.

HAH ya thats the first thing i thouht of when i loaded this page. But here is a picture of my dock:

http://homepage.mac.com/nusuni4/screen3.jpg

It is big. look at the terminal, you got to love it!! I was chatting in charla and yahoo messenger when i took the pic, please ignore those windows!

Please note: i use half of those apps daily and the rest i use at least once a week ! :eek:

(please dont yell at me for using IE, safari for some wierd reason did not load the apple page with the new ibook and pbook updates, it showed the old cache'd page, even when i emptied cache and restarted comp and reopened safari)

gwuMACaddict

Apr 25, 2004, 08:19 PM

I like to keep my dock pretty small ( that has ABSOLUTLY no relation to the other kind of dock :eek: ;) )

whats that i smell...?

ah yes...

OVERCOMPENSATION

:rolleyes:

crazzyeddie

Apr 25, 2004, 08:22 PM

22 icons in mine. They're all apps that I use frequently and usually make new documents with (as opposed to opening saved files, which I'll go manually find and open). I have them grouped according to function/type: Internet (Mail, Safari, etc), System (System prefs, Terminal), Word Processing (Word, Text Edit), Games, Creative (Photoshop, iApps).

Powerbook G5

Apr 25, 2004, 08:40 PM

My dock on a typical day:

thecow

Apr 25, 2004, 08:53 PM

Mine is 12 inches. :cool:

wdlove

Apr 25, 2004, 09:05 PM

I currently have 18 icons on my desktop. I happen to have them set at the large size. With my 17" Cinema Display, I have less than an inch on either side. This is an older example, missing Tech Tool Pro.

Macmaniac

Apr 25, 2004, 09:10 PM

This is rather sad, 26 icons on my dock, and that has been slimmer down from even more! Whats even sadder is that I use 3/4's of the icons every day! :eek:

Doctor Q

Apr 25, 2004, 09:45 PM

I've got 22 icons regularly, but one of them is a folder with the icon below. In this folder are my 25 "second-tier applications", the ones that don't deserve their own dock icon.

jefhatfield

Apr 25, 2004, 10:42 PM

i don't have a dock, and no, i am not a woman

i just have os 9 ;)

...the dock is that thing on the bottom of the desktop in osx, right?

blue&whiteman

Apr 25, 2004, 10:51 PM

no, i am not a woman

I always thought you were a woman. I replied to a post one day where you were kinda male bashing and you replied as if you were a woman.

jefhatfield

Apr 25, 2004, 11:33 PM

I always thought you were a woman. I replied to a post one day where you were kinda male bashing and you replied as if you were a woman.

actually, i thought i was pretty neutral

i don't always agree with what i hear every feminist says and we all have some ingrained sexism in us

..............

a boy was driving his car after he got his license and he naturally drove too fast, and unfortunatley, crashed into a ditch and got injured badly

when he was rushed into the local er, one of the attending doctors replied, "i can't help him...he's my son and i am afraid i won't do the best job...send him to the doctor in the next room!"

when the boy was in the next er room, another doctor came in and said, "i can't work on this boy, he's my son...take him to the next room!"

how can this be?

scem0

Apr 26, 2004, 12:02 AM

I don't have a dock :eek: :eek:.

It got taken away when I switched to Windows.

scem0

cb911

Apr 26, 2004, 12:47 AM

I don't have a dock :eek: :eek:.

It got taken away when I switched to Windows.

scem0 wha...!!? :eek: are you serious? you poor, poor person... :(

well... my Dock is pretty big i guess, but it's hidden most of the time. i dont' know how people can just have it sitting there on the desktop...

well you can have a look for yourself, 'cause i took a pic. i haven't counted how many items there are...

edit>> how do i get it to show the thumbnail, not just the name? does it have to be on the web to do that?

WinterMute

Apr 26, 2004, 08:55 AM

My dock has around 45 icons in it at any time, but then I switch from full audio production to video to course development a few times a day.

Speaking of size, 17" really is very useful in a PowerBook... :D

mgargan1

Apr 26, 2004, 09:04 AM

you know, i've noticed something, everytime my dock gets excited, the icons get bigger, and jump around... :)

but i have 9, i don't want to have too much on there

Thomas Veil

Apr 26, 2004, 09:38 AM

29 items in my dock.

Say, those of you who don't have docks...should we consider you dockless wonders?

Blackstealth

Apr 26, 2004, 09:49 AM

15 items on my desktop (Just the critical, frequently used stuff), 22 on my AlBook, and 34 on my XP machine (goodbye start menu! (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/)).

Mr. Anderson

Apr 26, 2004, 09:59 AM

Relatively Big and I also use Desktop manager to have 4 virtual desktops to help organize the windows I have open. :D

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aus_dave

Apr 26, 2004, 10:40 AM

when the boy was in the next er room, another doctor came in and said, "i can't work on this boy, he's my son...take him to the next room!"

how can this be?Not sure if anyone cares but the kid's Mum and Dad were both doctors - G5s all round in that household I'm guessing :D.

Anyway, my dock has 23 icons but it looks a bit boring in comparison to some of the others:

parenthesis

Apr 26, 2004, 11:05 AM

I have.... 2 items in my dock. When nothing is running, all I have is Finder and the Trash.

I use Quicksilver as my app launcher, I've found it to be much more efficient than the dock.

flyfish29

Apr 26, 2004, 01:31 PM

I have a dock that is 19 long!

I know there is a way to adjust the magnification of your dock...some of you might want to experement with this if you feel your dock is too small. :D

But beware, this magnification happens when moving a mouse over your dock. :eek: This is illegal in most states (NH is probably one where it would be legal- "Live free or die" ya know!.

flyfish29 <------stepping out of 3rd grade bathroom talk now. :cool:

sethypoo

Apr 26, 2004, 01:36 PM

You can so tell that this site is guy-oriented. :eek: :p

Savage Henry

Apr 26, 2004, 01:39 PM

Has anyone noticed how the word 'dock' might be misconstrued as something totally different altogether?

mgargan1

Apr 26, 2004, 02:23 PM

Has anyone noticed how the word 'dock' might be misconstrued as something totally different altogether?

you know what, i just now noticed that ;)

Santiago

Apr 26, 2004, 03:09 PM

I keep the 32 Applications that I use most of the time, plus whatever other 3 to 6 programs I also have open at any point in time. Quitting things is so Mac OS 9...

Giaguara

Apr 26, 2004, 03:21 PM

Mine. Toy viewer, Network manager and Sherlock are not all the time on the dock (the last 3 right before the vertical division bar).

jolt icon is for X11.

howard

Apr 26, 2004, 03:46 PM

i've been experimenting not using my dock

i keep it hidden most of the time and use this program quicksilver, i'd suggest giving it a try just to see what other options are out there, btw quicksilver is just like launchbar, but i just think it works a little better

Doctor Q

Apr 26, 2004, 04:12 PM

how do i get it to show the thumbnail, not just the name? does it have to be on the web to do that?No it doesn't have to be on the web. I think it shows the filename because you are attaching a pdf file rather than an image file such as a jpeg or gif or png. If you have a pdf file created by doing a screen capture, double-click it to open it in Preview, then use the Export menu choice and save it as a jpeg file. Then attach that file to your post instead of the pdf.

Acoustica

Apr 26, 2004, 04:49 PM

parenthesis

Apr 26, 2004, 04:56 PM

Doctor Q

Apr 26, 2004, 05:54 PM

Where on earth do some of you get all the money to purchase multiple professional software pieces? I saw a few docks with FCP, DVDSP, Adobe CS, Office X Pro, ProTools and Logic ALL on the same machine. Either you're a one-man/woman workhorse or you have way too much free time and and WAY too much money. :)You've made me wonder about something. Is there a place on the web where you can download the Mac OS X icons of well-known applications? Is it legally ok to have them if you don't own the application? I can imagine some legit, some silly, and some sneaky (April Fool-type) uses for them.

thecow

Apr 26, 2004, 06:53 PM

Or way too much bandwidth for bittorrent. I fall under that category. I know. I know. It's illegal. I'm bad.

markjones05

Apr 26, 2004, 10:28 PM

Short and simple...

Thomas Veil

Apr 26, 2004, 11:01 PM

Has anyone noticed how the word 'dock' might be misconstrued as something totally different altogether?
Shhh! The FCC might shut us down! ;)

Westside guy

Apr 26, 2004, 11:50 PM

My (left side) dock only has 11 items (well 12 in the attached photo cuz snap-n-drag is on there), but one of them is a "favorites" folder I use by right-clicking. The only things I keep in my dock are the items I use every day.

Of course with Launchbar I may get rid of "favorites" altogether.

I don't quite understand having 20-30 or more apps in your dock, any more than I understand PC people that have their desktop covered with program shortcuts. Doesn't it pretty much defeat the purpose?

wowser

Apr 26, 2004, 11:54 PM

ignignokt: "Oh Err, your sexual inuendo is priceless"

Angelus

Apr 27, 2004, 05:52 AM

Overall i've got about 52 in mine of which i use about 30 all the time.
It may seem cluttered but i find it easy to use. Size is small and magnification is off.

Awimoway

Apr 27, 2004, 06:17 AM

Mine's gotten a little shorter now that I use Quicksilver, but I never kept it very long because I like the icons to be large enough to read the unread email number and because I put it on the side, which has a smaller dimension.

wowser

Apr 27, 2004, 04:40 PM

Ah well, at least I got rid of that springy shortcut to the Apple hime page...

http://img19.photobucket.com/albums/v56/wowser/warhol.jpg

jeremy.king

Apr 27, 2004, 05:53 PM

stoid

Apr 27, 2004, 05:57 PM

I keep my dock pretty small.

A great tip for those who don't already know. Place your Applications folder in the dock. Then when you want to start an App, either Right Click (fastest) or click and hold and up pops a listing of the folder. Select your app and go!

This way you don't need 500 icons in your dock.

Ahhhh, but what if you want to drop a file onto an app so that you can open in it's non native application? I find myself needing that frequently enough that I need them in the dock...

Awimoway

Apr 27, 2004, 06:25 PM

Ahhhh, but what if you want to drop a file onto an app so that you can open in it's non native application? I find myself needing that frequently enough that I need them in the dock...

I only need to do that on any regular basis with Photoshop, so it's in my dock. For those rarer occasions when I need to open a file in another specific app I just right click on it and go to "Open With."

ipacmm

Apr 27, 2004, 06:50 PM

58 items including the finder and trash.

wowser

Apr 27, 2004, 07:53 PM

Ahhhh, but what if you want to drop a file onto an app so that you can open in it's non native application? I find myself needing that frequently enough that I need them in the dock...

actually, i didn't realise i could do that. thanks fopr the tip! so if i wanna open a html file with mozilla, i just drag the file to the mozilla icon?

Doctor Q

Apr 27, 2004, 08:17 PM

actually, i didn't realise i could do that. thanks fopr the tip! so if i wanna open a html file with mozilla, i just drag the file to the mozilla icon?Correct.

Another method if you have Panther: Instead of having Mozilla in your dock, you might choose to put an alias of it on your desktop. Then, using Exposé, you can hide any open windows while you drag a file to that Mozilla icon. Having more icons on your desktop is a little more cluttered, of course, but it keeps the dock smaller if you care about that.

eyelikeart

Apr 27, 2004, 08:21 PM

Everytime I read the name of this thread...I swear... :eek: ;)

I just counted up mine...26 items...hmm...

wowser

Apr 27, 2004, 09:25 PM

Correct.

Having more icons on your desktop is a little more cluttered, of course, but it keeps the dock smaller if you care about that.

yeah - i think that would bring back nightmares of my windows days, which seem so long ago, even though they were only 2 months ago :o

MrMacMan

Apr 27, 2004, 10:18 PM

I have a big one.

Well when I want it to be big.

I really have to open a lot of things up, but it can get big.

Ohh, the Dock?

Ohhh okay.

28 items when most of the applications I use are not open (don't ask I don't put the applications I use in the dock :rolleyes: ) and about 50+ when I open the stuff I use...haha.

Oh yes, its big.

I dare you to stroke that dock!
I mean open all of the applications at the same time of coarse!

--MrMacMan