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Product Description:
Similar to the way Apple Mail uses a badge to display the number of unread messages from its Dock icon, Docktopus allows users to overlay custom badges on their Dock icons. These badges give users a convenient source for real-time information about the items in their Dock, such as an application's CPU or Memory usage. With badges like the iTunes Control and iCal Event Peek, Docktopus provides users with a new way of using their Dock - allowing them to control and get information from applications directly from their Dock icons.
Docktopus adds the following functionality to the Dock:
- Access statistics like drive space available, the number of files in a folder and the size of a specific file or folder present in the Dock.
- View upcoming iCal events by simply rolling the mouse across the badge.
- Access commonly used files and nested folders from a pop-up menu.
- Play QuicKeys Shortcuts, AppleScripts and Automator Workflows.
- Get instant access to general information such as CPU usage or Memory consumed by a given application.
- Display iTunes track information, cover art and control iTunes.
- View the number of unread Mail messages in specified accounts and mark messages as junk.
In conjunction with the launch of Docktopus, a development kit will be made available to the Mac OS X developer community that will allow them to create their own badges. For additional information on the Docktopus SDK, visit www.startly.com/docktopus-sdk.
What's new in this version:
- Newly updated for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and still works with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.
- New Include Dock folder contents option for Docktopus Launch Menu badges which lets users have true hierarchical menus on folders in the Dock under Leopard.
- Improved appearance of the Docktopus Mail Peek badge.
- New option to hide next/previous track buttons in the Docktopus iTunes badge.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Screenshots:
 Overlay numerous control and informational badges on your Dock icons. |
Docktopus iTunes badge adds controls and track peek information. |
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Cool Little Application - Version: 1.0.2, 3/19/2006 05:59PM PST
ruMac
Newbies may like it... 
- Version: 1.0.2, 2/25/2006 10:28AM PST
Lex Luthor
Should come with large warning written 500 pixels wide
'Only for fast macs and giant screens' Very clunky on a
Ti-book and a mid range G4 tower when I tested it - Lower
end G4s and G3 iMacs etc, forget it.
I like my dock icons small and for those like me - this app
is again useless. Good idea but too CPU intensive and at
smaller dock icon sizes too ridiculous to be of use.
Magnification is a nightmare of screen redraws -
I trashed it as it's just expensive eye candy for newbies
and techno-posers.
Interesting Utility - Version: 1.0.1, 10/15/2005 12:30PM PST
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