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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Date added: June 25, 2008
- Total Downloads: 354,950
- Downloads last week: 2,720
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 103 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Where most other docks fail, RocketDock soars. The Mac-style program dock and launcher for Windows 2000, XP, and Vista has it all, from a smooth installation to flawless icon transitions and an unobtrusive footprint.
The app is loaded with options. The dock can live on any of the four edges of your monitor, you can set it to always be on top, on bottom, autohide, or be ever-present. It comes with more than 20 skins; fonts and colors are fully customizable, as is the icon order; and you can choose which icons are displayed, independent of the program's actual icon. RocketDock's publisher is also growing a community around the program, and the app's Web site has areas where you can download more icons, widgets, and skins to enhance and further customize your experience.
One drawback of the program is that the main settings menu is not where you go to add in and configure these extras. Instead, they're accessible from a secondary settings menu available only by right-clicking on the dock itself. It's frustrating, but not a major problem, and hopefully can be addressed in future updates.
Publisher's description
From PunkLabs :RocketDock is a smoothly animated, alpha blended application launcher. It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization. Now with added Taskbar support your minimized windows can appear as icons on the dock. This allows for better productivity and accessibility.
Features: Minimize windows to the dock. Real-time window previews in Vista. Running application indicators. Simple drag-n-drop interface. Multi-monitor support. Supports alpha-blended PNG and ICO icons. Icons zoom and transition smoothly. Auto-hide and Popup on mouse over. Positioning and layering options. Fully customizable. Completely Portable. ObjectDock Docklet support. Compatible with MobyDock, ObjectDock, RK Launcher, and Y'z Dock skins. Runs great on slower computers. Unicode compliant.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 103 votes
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: RocketDock 1.3.5
Pros: I have the old version of rocket dock and don't see any reason here to download the latest version.Cleans up my desk top and hides the icons in a nice tidy bar that i can change to suit my background.Brilliant idea thanks whoever you are!.
Cons: I don't see anything new in the latest release.
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: RocketDock 1.3.5
Pros: Doesn't cause any problems even when in full screen mode
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4 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: RocketDock 1.3.5
"why use this if you can use windows link bar"
Cons: Unless you have enough memory on your computer to waiste it with this application why not just set up your own linkbar in windows xp, takes you 5 - 10 minutes and you can set it up just as you like. Start any program, internet site, open file or folder and get more done without downloading anything. Watch my video on youtube (search for toudai1)
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2 out of 15 people found this review helpful
Version: RocketDock 1.3.5
Pros: For all windows lovers and i mean real window's lovers, don't try this. Mac OS wannabe's should try this out
Cons: I am a window's lover. Stick to my lovely desktop icons and taskbars
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: RocketDock 1.3.5
Pros: This seems stable and interesting, it is ahead a footstep for Vista related to the access to the applications!
Very aesthetical and pleasant on the desktop, but I love the desktop . . .
Cons: Unfortunately it always needs to copy from Mac . . . .
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