Existing users, 
Quay
Add hierarchical menus with various capabilities for your Leopard or Snow Leopard Dock.
Version: 1.1.2
Progress
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: WhiteDog Wednesday, February 13 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
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.
Comments
Progress - lamont ancient
Yes, but Quay lacks one of the most important (in my opinion) options - drag and drop. Will we see this advantage added soon?Wednesday, February 13 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Progress - Rainer Brockerhoff
"Yes, but Quay lacks one of the most important (in my opinion) options - drag and drop."Not true at all; since 1.1b1 Quay does popups for Stacks for too; and you _can_ drag and drop on a Stack.
Thursday, February 14 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Progress - lamont ancient
I'm sorry I cannot drag a file or folder to a Quay folder or stack, please tell me exactly how this can be done.Friday, February 15 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Dragging to a stack - Rainer Brockerhoff
Perhaps the help file didn't explain this properly?1)If you drag a folder onto the Quay window, then to the Dock, it becomes a "Quay Icon". This looks like a folder but is in reality a special file which only Quay understands. Because it is a file, you can't drag anything onto it; but it's easy to assign a special icon to it while setting it up in Quay.
2) If you drag a folder directly from the Finder to the Dock, it's a Stack. You can drag files onto it. Like with a Quay Icon, Quay will notice if you click on it and pops up its own menu. However, if you want to set a special icon on it, you need to paste it into the Finder's "Get Info", and use the Dock's own preferences to set it to show that icon ("Display as Folder").
Now, with the opt-cmd-click menu on the Dock divider stripe, you can choose if you want Quay to always act on Dock Stacks, or never, or (in 10.5.2) only on the Stacks Marked as "List" view.
3) At any time, even if Quay is set to act on any icon, you can get the Dock's normal menus if you option-click.
I will try to explain this better in the next version... but sometimes I get the impression nobody reads help files anymore :-)
Friday, February 15 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Dragging to a stack - lamont ancient
"Now, with the opt-cmd-click menu on the Dock divider stripe, you can choose if you want Quay to always act on Dock Stacks, or never, or (in 10.5.2) only on the Stacks Marked as "List" view"This does not seem to work for me in 10.5.2 in that I can't make a stack let alone mark it as a "List" view.
Saturday, February 16 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Progress - Simon Chapman
Hm -- presumably you haven't discovered yet that in 10.5.2 the new and improved dock folders don't allow enclosed folder aliases to resolve - ie you can't keep navigating through an alias?Wednesday, February 13 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Progress - Rainer Brockerhoff
Thanks for registering! Well, you'll still need Quay unless you're content with 10.5.2's plain menus and few sort options. Check out the new comparison shots on the product website for details...Reply to This
Wednesday, February 13 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST