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RocketDock on my Desktop

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief February 15, 2007 · 1 min read

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This one’s from LifeHacker.

RocketDock

It’s called the RocketDock, a light app that adds Mac-like shortcut navigation to your Desktop. It’s free so get downloading now.

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14 Comments

vance · 19 years ago

i used rocketlauncher, not far from y’ dock (which was stop due to legal issues)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 19 years ago

Just out of curiosity. Un-installed it the following day. :D

Dave Starr · 19 years ago

This one certainly looks like a solution in search of a requirement. Windows has the exact same thing built into the Start bar (next to the Start button (which can be at the bottom, on either side or on top by the way, just by dragging). In the example screen shot the user’s QuckStart Bar seems to be turned off.

You just drag a program’s icon there and presto it’s always one click away. Why duplicate the exact same functionality that Windows already has? Lord knows there’s enough functionality that Microsoft left out.

If you really want custom icons you can edit/replace the .ICO file for any application … Life hacker has some good stuff but they sometimes have gimmicks that just don’t seem to be well thought out.

jet · 19 years ago

Same here. Used Object dock for a few months when I was trying to get my desktop to look exactly like a Mac OS, but grew tired of it when it slowed my laptop down.