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Quay - 1.1b1

Add hierarchical menus with various capabilities for your Leopard Dock.

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All Time:	(4.7)
Version 1.1b1:	(4.3)
Selected Version:	1.1b1
Release Date:	2008-02-06
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 1.1b1):	950
Downloads (all versions):	1,581
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, label, file kind, application, or not at all. Optionally, you can also show small or large icons next to each filename, as well as folder counts, labels, file sizes, and dates; see invisible files or browse into packages or bundles.

Quay items can be on either side of the Dock, and Quay will also handle your current Stacks, if you wish.

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

Quay uses the system's Dock, not a secondary palette or window.

Quay is a simple Cocoa application. You run it to configure a popup item in the Dock, or you can just use your Stacks. The Dock icons can be customized for better recognition. For the popups, it runs a background application that uses very little system resources.

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:

Quay now works transparently on your Stack folders in the Dock, and uses the exact same clicks used for the Dock.
Quay overlays a white gradient arrow over the clicked icon so you can easily see which menus are Quay's and which are the Dock's.
New sort options; including by Label, by Application, and Unsorted; the alphabetical sort now shows the exact order used by the Finder.
Can now show 64x64-pixel icons with QuickLook previews.
10-fold speed improvement over the previous version, especially for large folders.
Alias indicators in the menus are gone, but you can now show Labels, dates, folder counts or file sizes.
The menu width is now limited to a reasonable value and too-long filenames are truncated in the middle.
If you select larger icons, longer filenames are shown in multiple lines.
Keyboard navigation is now fully supported.
Improved error message if you try to run it on a pre-Leopard system.
"Popular" folder names are now localized.
More "Popular" icons.
You can now place Quay icons on both sides of the Dock.
You can now see your full serial number after registering.
The serial number text field now accepts copy&paste; it still won't accept drag&drop, and the help text has been amended for that.
Fixed a bug where closing the registration window prematurely would "hang" the application.
General menu appearance and alignment has been improved.
You can copy and paste custom icons from the main Quay window.
New installer runs from distribution disk image; it also uninstalls.

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 1.1b1:
Overall Rating:	(4.3)	Features:	(4.7)	Support:	(4.3)
Ease of Use:	(4.3)	Quality / Stability:	(3.7)	Price:	(4.3)

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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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