This post focuses on the pleasure of Mac-like dock programs.
The one thing that has always fascinated me about Macs is their sense for style and simplicity.
Needless to say I was delighted to see dock tools for Windows finally emerge.
Meanwhile there are a bunch of them and naturally they all differ slightly.
Here’s a list of the six most popular docks in no particular order.
Anyway, to me it’s the mother of all docks.
Fortunately for all Firefox users it’s possible for you to change the activation key to something else.
Using the mouse wheel you might spin through the items on the orb, which I find extremely cool.
Unfortunately, unless I missed something, adding new items is a pain.
Everything has to be added separately, drag-n-drop isn’t working.
just note that this program requires Microsoft .NET Framework!
MobyDock
This is one of two docks from the same company.
Oxygen also hasY’Z dockunder its wings.
Let me lose two sentences about Y’Z dock first.
It’s a classic dock that appears completely blank when first launched.
RK Launcher
I discovered RK Launcher when I installed FlyakiteOSX.
Shankar has covered this transformation pack in his post of5 Packs to Transform Windows to other OS.
RocketDock
This program has been mentioned a few times on MUO and has truly deserved all the attention.
JetToolBar
This is the least stylish program among all mentioned and it’s somewhat different.
JetToolBar doesn’t come with fancy animations or textures and it’s not meant to replace your taskbar.
Instead it’s loaded with a huge set of default categories and programs.
To make this tool efficient the categories require some attention.
Also per default the program docks over your taskbar and takes up the whole width of the screen.
The screen shot shows JetToolBar when it’s positioned in the center, i.e.
You see, there is a dock for everyone.
But I’m just greedy and gotta have all the extras.
