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Quay - 1.1b3

Add hierarchical menus with various capabilities for your Leopard Dock.

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Version 1.1b3:	(4.5)
Selected Version:	1.1b3
Release Date:	2008-03-03
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 1.1b3):	1,188
Downloads (all versions):	1,595
Price:	$34.95

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Product Description:

Quay extends the Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Dock to show extended popup menus for most Dock items, including applications, stacks and URLs. Quay also allows you to make folder proxy icons with easily customized icons.

So why should you use Quay at all? Extra information, more flexibility. For one, the Dock's popups are limited to about 500 items; Quay's limit is in the tens of thousands. You can have a Quay popup on both sides of the Dock; Apple has them only on the document side. The Dock doesn't follow aliases/symbolic links in its menus; Quay does. Quay also shows application versions and (for running applications) CPU and memory statistics. Still, if for some reason you want the Dock's normal display, just hold the Option key down before clicking.

Quay is a simple-to-use Cocoa application. You can run it just to configure a popup item in the Dock, but it works automatically with your existing stacks; the actual popup is handled by a background process that uses few system resources. The Dock icons can be customized for better recognition (and put on both sides of the Dock).

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

There is no trial period, but only the first Quay item on each side of the Dock will work until you register. Application popups are a free bonus!

What's new in this version:

Option-command-clicking on a running application in the Dock will show a popup with application statistics.
Shift-command-click on a Stack or Quay item will open the contents in the Finder.
The main Quay application now has an "Enable Quay menus" checkbox, and its Dock icon now has a badge to show if the background application is running.
Quay is now installed into /Library/Application Support, meaning it's available to all users of your Mac. Registration is still per-user, although you're free to use the same serial for all users.
Quay now works correctly with FileVault.
The main menu item count is now accurate; subfolder item counts are still estimates, however, and the menu header now shows a '~' to indicate that.
The Installer now presents an error if the background application can't be started.
The Installer now runs the installed Quay application after finishing, and unmounts the Quay disk image.
You can now uninstall Quay directly from the main application.
The last menu item in the folder popup now correctly reads "Open in Finder".
You can also set general Stack preferences in the main Quay application.
More and better messages in the console log.
Colors used in custom icons (middle layer) are now closer to the actual system colors.
You can now print out the Help window.
The Utilities folder has been added to the "Popular" menu.
Option-command-space now works correctly with keyboard navigation.
Fixed a bug that caused commandÂ-tab to continuously cycle over icons in certain conditions.
Fixed a bug that mispositioned the Dock stripe popup menu under certain conditions.

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; 10.5.2 recommended.

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1b3:
Overall Rating:	(4.5)	Features:	(4.5)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.5)	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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