Dock Spaces: a different Dock for each Space
With Dock Spaces you can use different Docks to give different Spaces a kind of functional utility. For example, you could put all your office type applications in one Space and all your graphics editing applications in another, etc. It can also make it easier to tell exactly which Space you're presently in.
Dock Spaces is a free download from Patrick Chamelo (donations requested) and naturally requires Leopard.
[via MacBreak Weekly]
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Dock Spaces is a nifty little utility that allows you to have up to ten different Docks. What makes it different, however, is its...
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Dock Spaces is neat -- but it makes switching spaces feel broken. It's too slow to react. When I switch to an app on a different space -- or just switch to a different space, it should be immediate. Unfortunately Dock Spaces slows this process down and makes it feel funny.
November 03 2008 at 1:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs it possible to see 4 different screens instead of 4 blue ones when we do a exposé type look ?
October 29 2008 at 8:09 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyisn't Quicksilver discontinued/open source/not compatible with Leopard now?
Installed it, after a few minutes I had to hardboot, which sucks a lot. The App doesn't seem to like dock names with / in them, it wouldn't let me select one that I had created that way.
Other than that it's a nice app.
I wish for a schedule to automatically switch between work and leisure spaces/docks!
Well, second hard boot/freeze for today. One more and that thing is off my computer. :-/
October 29 2008 at 11:28 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUse Stacks !!
I have all my frequently used apps in a stack and have QuickSilver for launching apps quickly....
Then you dont need all this stuff....
What i'd really need would be different WALLPAPERS, to really emotionally distinguish my working-space from my normal and from my gaming-space.
Is that possible?
(As posted above)
http://lifehacker.com/5066188/hyperspaces-supercharges-leopards-spaces
This is an amazing application but maybe this is why Apple never introduced the feature yet. Although it is great, I do not like the lag time between changing docks ( I assume it is constantly reopening the dock app) - gives me a sense of feel that my mac may have crashed :). But I'll try to live with it. Also the hyperspace app is nice, but I think I'll wait until Apple comes out with something, as I do use more than 2 spaces.
October 28 2008 at 11:47 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust set it up. I am digging it so far.
October 28 2008 at 8:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGrrr!
It doesn't work for me. It deletes the dock i make when i switch to a different dock... grrrr...
Man - I really wanted to use Spaces when Leopard first came out, but I wasn't coordinated enough. Maybe I'll give it another shot.
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