Install in Dock
Install in Dock
- Subject: Install in Dock
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2008 19:04:07 -0600
I just had an interesting conversation via email, with my sister. She
recently got a new iMac with Leopard and I asked her to use my
software, read its documentation and let me know what she thinks. At
this point, you have to understand her point of view, namely: A Mac is
a magic box that lets her do email, surf the web and write documents;
Run Software Update? "Why? My Mac is running perfectly."
The documentation for the software gives detailed instructions for
Dock installation, but she dragged the wrong icon to the Doc, then
said "I did somehow get that once but then it went away and it hasn't
come back; it's no longer in the User/Library/Application Support
folder". I think she had the wrong Application Support folder open.
Her reply to my reply indicates that she has probably fixed her
problem. We'll see.
The Dock used to be a simple, straightforward feature. It's so
complicated in Leopard that I have to write a whole paragraph
explaining what to do and why. And to a non-technical user it probably
looks like tedious gibberish.
One solution I considered is to simply have my application
automatically install the correct icon in the Dock already set to
function as a menu. So ... I open the com.apple.dock.plist preference
file with Property List Editor. I don't think this is going to be easy
to do. I guess I will have to experiment, however. And can I do it
reliably? I'm not sure. (Has anyone done this?)
Two recommendations to Apple:
1. Simplify the Dock. Folder menus should be the default behavior.
2. Make the Dock scriptable. I should be able, via an AppleScript, to
put a folder into the Dock and set its behavior to Display as Folder
and View contents as List. (This is my default. If the user wants to
access the folder menu via DragThing or the Script menu or some other
arrangement, they can simply 'Remove from Dock'.)
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