14 DAY TRIAL // A new version of Dock Spaces is now available from freelance developer Patrick Chamelo, featuring a completely redesigned interface and preference pane. Dock Spaces is a tool that allows you to have multiple, customized docks, and offers the ability to swap between them anytime from the menu bar, or via hotkeys.
As noted in our extensive review of Dock Spaces, there are numerous applications that allow Mac users to modify the looks and the works of their Dock.
However, none offers the many advantages of Dock Spaces, from a functionality point of view.
By providing options to select whether or not icons bounce in one Dock, or by setting another to automatically hide itself while the rest are in Tiger-style 2D, with different alignment and positioning, Dock Spaces allows users to tailor their Mac's application launcher to their exact needs.
Dock Spaces also sports “hotkeys,” allowing users to swap through their docks and spaces using whatever combination of keys they find most suitable.
Key features of the app include the ability to have up to ten different docks, task-specific / context-focused docks, setting a name for a specific dock, Spaces integration, Growl support, Software update using the Sparkle framework and a $0 price.
The software is currently at version 4.00, according to the developer, yet the application itself lists a version number of 4.0.1.
The release is a complete overhaul which, apparently, also puts a price tag on the app.
Dock Spaces is only available for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The app is a Universal Binary, compatible with both PowerPC and Intel machines.
Key features of Patrick Chamelo’s Dock Spaces include:
- Use up to 10 Different docks; - Task-specific / context-focused Docks; - Set the name of the Dock; - Spaces integration; - Growl support; - Ability to back up docks and preferences; - Software update;