Modding your Leopard Dock

yeah black is sexy! and never the less... vertical docks are rocking on widescreen! check out this mod: http://www.chrispie.de/mac/smooth-vertical-dock-mod.html

Oh, and the "mods" linked to don't fix this, just add fancy backgrounds. It's called putting lipstick on a pig.

As someone pointed out above, usability has decreased, and you just don't do that! The new dock only introduces fancy new reflections, looks more cluttered, takes up more space (about 20 pixels from screen edge to the app icon), and the "app running" indicator is now some useless light blue blob. Poor effort. C-

oh and i totally redid the blue indicators so that there isn't that funky white underneath them.

@29

I believe the file you want to modify is called frontline.png. You have to modify that to match the rest of your dock.

Also, I modified my dock separator to display the correct perspective. I love my set up now. I even changed the "poof" animation to a DBZ inspired poof.

Lastly, I think it is possible to modify the 2D dock as well. I was looking at the files and there seems to be png's for the border on the 2D dock. Has anyone tried messing with them?

So... Almost half of those who commented likes the dock. But according to Erica Sadun "nearly everyone" hates Leopard's default dock. So I guess those who likes the dock are lying.

Way to go, Erica! You've shown us the light.

I like the new dock but it's been pretty buggy for me. I have a brand new iMac with Leopard, but if I leave it on for too long (say 24 hours, sleeping for 8 hours in between use) the dock messes up - the reflection is still there but the layer on top (the bit with the wave in it and the line that divides the stacks from the programs) is gone! It's just a reflective dock... looks kinda bad.

@"Simon": "Here's a thought: auto-hide the offensive motherfucker so it's not sitting there taunting you all day long; and use QuickSilver so you rarely even have to use it."

You changed your desktop from the default, right? You changed your hard drive icon, you changed all sorts of stuff, right? Well, why did you do that? It was ALL perfect the way it was. Oh, you changed them because you didn't like them? Tell me then how that is any different from altering the appearance of the Dock. It's okay to gripe about how Windows looks, but if it comes from Cupertino, it's sacrosanct? Get real. I don't know if they ever taught you this in school in between self-esteem boosters, but other people actually ARE entitled to their own opinions, and just because they don't match your it doesn't mean they're WRONG.

Am I the only one who has that white two-pixel-wide stripe on the bottom of the Dock? It was there by default, it is there now after I changed the dock background for the Glossy Black. It is definitely not present on the .png's. Is it supposed to be there? Is there any way to get rid of it?

Okay, I tried to install the black gradient and it appears to be glass because the only thing you can see is a reflection of the icons. I tried going back to the original following the directions on the site but nothing changed--the dock is still gone. How can I get the original dock back? Any help appreciated.