Use OS-X style stacks in Windows [Hack Your Day]

I have been doing the blog for so long I couldn’t remember If I’ve ever done a post on RocketDock. I had a feeling that I didn’t, but I haven’t even mentioned it, oh the horror of it all! If you haven’t heard of it, RocketDock puts a little Mac-like dock on your Windows desktop and enables you to extensively customize everything from visuals to icons, to size and hover behavior and so on.

I actually had quite a problem naming this post, since it could easily have been “put folder contents on the desktop productively and stylishly” because I’m going to show you a way to use OS-X style stacks with RocketDock that makes navigating some folder’s files very easy.

I have a drafts folder for example where my drafts reside, but the contents change daily, and any single file will be gone in a maximum of 2-3 days. I needed to put the folder contents on the dock, not just the files, so I had a look at the addons page and found the Stacks Docklet, which I will be using to show you a great way to get to your files.

Once you download the zip file, extract it, and put the whole extracted folder in the “Docklets” directory in the RocketDock folder. Right click on the actual dock and go to add item and stack docklet. You will see a downward pointing arrow appear and all you need to do is right click and choose icon settings. You can specify which folder to use, and even which icon. You can also choose between the normal stack mode, like in OS X, and also a grid mode, which uses a box to show your item.

Let me give you one more productivity tip for RocketDock. Here is a screenshot of my desktop, and you will see that in my actual configuration, the icons are very small. The reason is that I keep them on top all the time, and even with a window running they are not in the way. Take a look at this Firefox screenshot and you’ll see what I mean. I am also using MyColors with one of the free themes, and IconPackager for my cursor scheme. This lets you access all the icons and files in your dock all the time, without having to minimize stuff, saving you a lot of navigation time.

Original post here: Daniel

14 May 2008 | Desktop Software, Organization, Productivity, dock, osx, rocketdock | Comments

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