Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????
Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????
- Subject: Re: Docklet(ing) API & 10.1: Where ????
- From: Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 19:09:28 +0100
On Wednesday, October 3, 2001, at 03:23 PM, Jonathan Hendry wrote:
What's needed is an application that can launch other instances of
itself,
with each instance loading a bundle providing DockExtra-like
functionality.
The user would just have to configure the first, launching instance in
the Dock, and set it up to launch at login.
Is that all? Still much more complicated than "drag it into the dock".
Each pseudo-DockExtra would be running in its own address space, so
wouldn't crash anything else if it were buggy.
Well, if we're going to be talking about crashing, DocklingServer was
always immediately relaunched if anything crashed, and after a period of
about 10 seconds of things not working, everything was back to normal.
Being full-blown applications, pseudoDockExtra authors wouldn't face
the limitations of Apple DockExtras.
I don't really see many limitations myself.
The main drawback is that the user wouldn't have any control over
where the other instances' Dock icons appeared, and they couldn't
be placed in the document area of the Dock.
I'm not really with you here.
However, I'm not even sure if an AppKit application could launch
multiple instances of itself...
It can, actually -- there's a flag in LaunchServices for it.
-- Finlay