Comments on: Show Me Your Dock! Series – Part 2

By: Hans Taktmann

Hans Taktmann — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:42:33 +0000

Uber-interesting, thanks! But you skipped over Yojimbo and TextWrangler. Would be interesting to know how you use those.

Btw: Regarding Quicksilver, I’m in the LaunchBar-camp. Must be the genes . . .

And, no editor (I thought it would fit well in a “subtraction”/”subtractive” workflow . . .)??! TextMate, BBEdit? Or, just plain-vanilla TextWrangler?

Thanks.

By: rmc

rmc — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:20:10 +0000

I feel the same way about the CS4 upgrade. Doesn’t seem worth it, yet

By: Anthony Starks

Anthony Starks — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:49:42 +0000

Note that you can use Preview to combine PDFs: create a sidebar, drag the PDFs in, save:

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:30:44 +0000

These sort of articles are useful for discovering new software. Never heard of Layers before. I probably wouldn’t have much use for it but I’ll give a spin nonetheless.

I’ve been a long time fan of Quicksilver; as a launcher, iTunes controller and for sending quick email and tweets. Good for opening files in non-default software too. QS also allows me to rate music by ‘writing’ numbers and open certain websites using mouse gestures (hint: Abracadabra).

Awesome app, and I definitely miss it when using someone else’s Mac.

1Password save me a huge amount of time trying to remember passwords. Available for the iPhone and iPod Touch too.

Thanks

By: Bart

Bart — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:40:55 +0000

You should try using Adobe Fireworks in stead of Photoshop.
Really, it’s a whole lot lighter and it has some features that are so good for web that I can’t live without it anymore.
I don’t even get why web people use Photoshop anymore.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:09:58 +0000

i prefer not to use the dock at all. i use spotlight to open applications and alt+tab and spaces to cycle between apps. I find that using spotlight significantly reduces mouse movement on larger monitors ( i use a 30″ and will never use anything smaller )

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:24:03 +0000

@SaraKate I can’t recommend Quicksilver enough, it is a fantastic app. I haven’t used iBank but i use 1Password which is far superior to the native Keychain.

@Yofie Thanks for sharing the link to Rocket Dock

@Andrew Not sure why Khoi doesn’t have a Twitter client in his dock, from his stream i can see he uses a combo of Tweetie, Tweetdeck and the web interface.

@Johnny No problem Johnny, definitely get using Quicksilver

@Glenn Never used it to resize images, most give that a go, thanks for stopping by Glenn.

@Eugenio Agreed.

@Able As Khoi says it is a big dock, still Khoi does have some pretty interesting apps.

@Clark Thanks Clark, make sure to check for future posts in the series every Tuesday.

@Callie No offense taken at all. Although i never implied Khoi invented Grid systems or the use of them, simply that in the 2.0 web standards era he has been one of the recent pioneers with both his work and writing. Along with other designers such as Mark Boulton. Nor am i the first to actually refer to him as a recent pioneer.

I appreciate your point though and thanks for visiting

By: Callie

Callie — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:33:37 +0000

Okay, I just need to comment on this statement: “(Khoi) is also one of the recent pioneers of Grid based design.”

Grid systems have been around for decades and I would hardly label anyone from our generation as pioneering their use. Shouldn’t this description belong to Josef Müller-Brockmann and his modernist contemporaries?

No offense. I love subtraction.com as much as the next designer and greatly admire Khoi and the great work he does at the NY Times, but seriously….

By: Clark

Clark — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:06:40 +0000

I thought I was reading subtraction. Interesting series.

By: Able Parris

Able Parris — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:04:29 +0000

Interesting idea, showcasing dock’s.

Khoi, I gotta say, I’m a bit overwhelmed by the size of your dock. I’m going to look into iBank.

Cheers!