Quay - 1.1.2

There's no mystery about Quay - if you know how to follow an alias to the original file (Command-r), a feature of the Mac OS since at least OS 7.5 - you'll find the Quay app and its associated files in the user folder>Library>Applications Support>Quay.quay file. Right click on the file and select Show Package Contents. You can do the same to the oddly named files inside to see the default Quay icons for the Applications and Utilities folders and any custom folder icons you design in Quay. As to whether you need the functionality Quay provides, that's a matter of individual preference. Quay has become less essential as the Dock has improved though Quay, too, has improved along the way.

The App and the Help file, even the installer itself, appear only as aliases. Where the hell are the real files? Why be so secretive?

And for sure, a ReadMe file would be helpful because the VT description is rather opaque (i.e. the author does not have a way with words). Yes, there is a Help.rtfd alias but, once I've put the folder where I want it, the alias can no longer find its master. So I have only a vague idea of what this thing does and that's not good enough for me. Now I want to uninstall it but guess what...

Anything like this that tinkers with the system, even if it "calls no private system interfaces" (whatever that means) should come with an uninstaller. This thing does not, so I am not happy.

I am a long-time user of Quay, was really happy to see it when I started using 10.5. Uninstalled it for about 5 minutes when Apple improved Stacks in one of the updates, but it wasn't good enough.

New features like cmd-opt-click on a running app in the Dock to get process info, combined with the sheer awesomeness of using folders in the dock like I'm used to, makes this a must have.

I found an issue on some Intel Macs with 1.1b3 (249) where the "Average CPU %" value in the application popup was completely wrong. It's fixed now, and because it's such a small change I preferred not to bump the beta number, but just incremented the build number.

So if you're affected by this, please download again and reinstall. My apologies for this slip-up.

There are a number of utilities available for customizing the Leopard Dock and menu bar. These still provide options not available natively in Leopard. But the 10.5.2 update solved the worst problems and I'm afraid demand for these extras will fade because of it. Still, we owe thanks to the hardy developers who took on these tasks. I paid for both Quay and Palette and now find I don't need either one. But I don't (much) regret the expense. There was no knowing when or if Apple would address these issues. This time around they resolved them pretty quickly, but that has not always been the case.