titles of applications as I hover over the dock - can I get rid of that?

[ero87]

Is this an option? I don't need to be reminded what Finder and Safari are.

 

[Eluzion]

Unfortunately it's not an option, much like the rest of OS X (no options, just Apple's way).

Might be a way to hack it. I dunno though.

 

[oceanmonster]

I don't think that you can remove them.