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Quay - 1.0.1

Add hierarchical menus with various capabilities for your Leopard Dock.

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All Time:	(4.7)
Version 1.0.1:	(4.3)
Selected Version:	1.0.1
Release Date:	2007-11-30
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 1.0.1):	1,588
Downloads (all versions):	1,596
Price:	$34.95

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Product Description:

Quay is a simple app that brings back the hierarchical menus to the Leopard Dock, but with several additional capabilities. You can sort items by name, data modified, date created, or file kind. Optionally, you can also show small or large icons next to each filename, see invisible files or browse into packages or bundles.

There's no trial period, but only the first Quay item in the Dock will work until you register. The price is Euro 7 (about US$10 - it will oscillate somewhat with currency rates).

Quay items are on the right (or bottom) side of the Dock, just like you're used to. There are no apps running on the other side of the Dock; no extra distracting "running" lights. It uses the system's Dock, not a secondary palette or window.

Quay is a simple Cocoa application. You run it just to configure a popup item in the Dock. The Dock icons can be customized for better recognition. For the popups, it runs an on-demand background tool that uses very little CPU time and memory.

Quay does no magic. It doesn't hack the Dock in any way, and calls no private system interfaces.

What's new in this version:

You can now do custom badges and base icons, and if you select a readable image file, the file itself will be read. (Hold down Option while clicking on "Open" in the dialog, to always use the file's icon.)
Added "Show Contents of..." item to the bottom of the popup menus.
Suppresses the alias indicator if you select icons->none.
Menu positioning is now correct, even with long filenames.
Now "shows contents" correctly, even if your Finder is not in Column View mode.
Now brings applications to the front when starting.
Fixed badge alignments and menu checkmarks which were off in some cases.
"/" in folder names now works correctly.
Double-click timing is a little better but not good enough; this is proving surprisingly hard to implement correctly. If it doesn't work for you, use Option-Command-click until I solve it.

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

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.5 or later

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.0.1:
Overall Rating:	(4.3)	Features:	(4.3)	Support:	(4.3)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(3.7)	Price:	(4.0)

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Un-Mac Like? Not - Version: 1.1.2, 9/17/2009 03:35PM PST

WhiteDog

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.

Version 1.1.2 (297) now posted. - Version: 1.1.2, 9/2/2009 04:47PM PST

Rainer Brockerhoff

This new build fixes the timeout bug that was disabling the QuayMenu background process on Snow Leopard after a certain click pattern. Also, stacking screens vertically now works if menu bar and Dock are on different screens. All users should update.

Un-mac-like. Why the mystery? - Version: 1.1.1, 12/23/2008 07:23AM PST

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grh-svo

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.

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