I’m OCD about my desktop. I keep exactly six icons on it, tucked in the upper left hand corner. So Dell’s OS X wannabe dock–actually made by Stardock and licensed to Dell, but let’s not pretend it’s not an Apple reaction–sounds like a great way to keep my desktop immaculate. Who originated the dock or why it came to be aren’t really that important. The fact is, lots of people who never would’ve used a dock are now going to when Dell ships these out. And that would be awesome, if the dock weren’t so dumb.
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July 4, 2008 at 6:12 PM
It sounds like this is a ‘lite’ version of the dock, perhaps in aid of protecting Stardock’s sales, though it begs the question – why bother going half the way, Dell? I’m sure the difference in licensing costs between a cut-down version of the dock and a full version would have accounted to a rounding error. In the full version of ObjectDock Plus from Stardock, enabling tasks in the dock is just a matter of:
right-click -> Options -> Dock Contents -> Display open windows along with my icons
You can also run multiple docks, and certainly put them on the screen where-so-ever you please.
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