Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder1.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: TaliesinSoft Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Losing my religion(?) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:02:54 -0500 Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <120820121955223103%star@sky.net> <5028a772$0$1490$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com> <502a8d39$0$61503$c3e8da3$38634283@news.astraweb.com> <140820121443399468%nospam@nospam.invalid> <7hivf9-bvu2.ln1@news1.chingola.ch> <0ukvf9-bvu2.ln1@news1.chingola.ch> <5eKdnRTVjJeEMrPNnZ2dnUVZ_gqdnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net SfRJx5lrFvWh/UXzsASbWQ1wjoz5pgL7geG8gENlUNUL6hf98+5oSELeYl/wSsnzAv Cancel-Lock: sha1:PvKrN4UMNCSMAQTYnv01KxPUG+k= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.9 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:29688 On 2012-08-18 20:49:10 +0000, Bread said: > Actually, the visual notion of the dock itself - identifying apps by > icon without text - is kind of halfassed anyway. At a glance, > approximately half the icons on my dock just look like circles, some of > them very similar in coloration, too (App Store, Safari, QuickTime, > 1Password). Text might not be as pretty, but to me, especially since > text can be easily sorted, it's much more practical. An option to > replace the dock's icons with text, or to add names, and to always have > it sorted alphabetically, would be pretty slick. My dock only contains the icons for the currently active applications and their documents. I use either Spotlight or Finder's Recent Items to launch applications. -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas