KnockOutDock for Mac

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• Lifesaver! Wish it worked in Leopard.

  bugsi1September 2, 2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />This application finally ended years of frustration with Apple's dock. I hate the dock, I don't want the dock, but on VERY rare occasions, I NEED the dock (like when I accidentally window-shade (Er, sorry "yellow ball") an application's window and it shrinks into the dock. I absolutely rely on KnockOutDock to rid myself of the ever-popping-up dock. Unfortunately, it doesn't work in Leopard. PLEASE upgrade this to work with Leopard!!!

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• At Last!

  tan_ru2000March 4, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />At last I can be rid of that dam thing, when I first got OSX I didn't mind the dock but it got more &amp; more annoying, always getting in the way &amp; popping up at the worst possible moment. I used Onyx to hide it under the top menubar but it still managed to rear it's ugly head now &amp; then just to taunt me! I now use DragThing or FruitMenu, both work well, the latter being more of a sexed-up Apple Menu if you like the OS9 vibe, or DragThing being exactly what the OSX dock SHOULD have been but never was.

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• Nice Applescript finally gets the Dock out of the...

  quadratJune 4, 2004

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  ...way<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br /><p>I have been frustrated by the Dock taking up valuable screen space when it's not hidden or popping up when I don't want it when it is hidden. This script quickly moves the Dock to the just under the menu bar, anchored on the right side. (System Preferences doesn't allow you these options.) Moving your mouse to anywhere just under the menu bar (not just the right corner) will make the Dock appear. You run the script once and your Dock is set.</p> <p>I found the default KnockoutDock settings made the Dock too small for my liking, but the script is very simple and easy to edit with Apple's Script Editor. I bumped the icon sizes up from 16 pixels to 24 pixels, recompiled the script, ran it and now the Dock looks like I want.</p> <p>My only caveat is that it can sometimes be tricky to get the cursor positioned just under the menu bar. (With the old Apple-approved locations at the sides or bottom of the screen, it was easy to simply push the cursor all the way to the screen edge to get the Dock to pop up.) But I'm getting better with practice.</p> <p>In answer to the previous comments, at least one of which seems to be from someone who didn't even try the script: 1) KnockoutDock does not let you turn the Dock on and off, it uses the usual hide/show function to make the Dock appear when you mouse to its location. 2) The activation area <b>is</b> the same as the Dock location, not just the upper right corner as the description states.</p>

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