افضل 5 اشرطة ادوات docks
Five cool Windows 7 docks to sharpen up your desktop
1: ObjectDock ObjectDock (
Figure A)
is one of the more feature-rich of the available docks. With a free
and a paid version, ObjectDock automatically imports quick launch, has
special effects, offers applets, any-edge positioning, and auto-hide,
lets you minimize windows to dock with live animation, and much more.
The paid version ($19.95) adds better organization, easier app
switching, and dock tabs, among other features.
Figure A ObjectDock 2: XWindows Dock XWindows Dock (
Figure B)
is a fairly straightforward dock that offers less in the way of
thrills and more in the way of simplicity. With XWindows Dock you just
drag any icon from the desktop onto the dock and voila! — instant
launcher. This dock is still in beta, so features like plug-ins aren’t
exactly there yet (although they have the groundwork for them).
XWindows Dock does contain two nice plug-ins — the stack container
(quick navigation through folders) and a Gmail mail checker.
Figure B XWindows Dock 3: SliderDock SliderDock (
Figure C)
is unique in the dock apps in that it’s more a psuedo 3D ring dock
than a static dock that sits at the bottom or top of your desktop. You
can add as many icons to SliderDock as you like and then scroll the
ring around with your mouse wheel to find the icon you want to launch.
SliderDock is highly customizable and easy to use — just have a clean
desktop before you try to use it; otherwise, your myriad icons will make
the application launchers on Slider impossible to see.
Figure C SliderDock 4: RocketDock RocketDock (
Figure D)
is one of my favorite docks. It’s highly customizable (and skinnable),
and it offers smooth animations, alpha blending, an easy drag-and-drop
interface, real-time windows previews, positioning and layering
options, the best
documentation of all the docks listed, and solid customizations for each item added
to the dock. RocketDock also offers taskbar support, so all minimized
applications will appear as icons (a la Mac Dock). RocketDock is free
and has a fairly nice listing of
add-ons.
Figure D RocketDock 5: Nexus Nexus (
Figure E)
comes the closest to resembling (and behaving) like the Mac OS X dock.
There are two versions: Free and Ultimate. The Ultimate edition
($24.95), in my opinion, is really worth the coin. Offering unlimited
docks, subdocks, tabs, and more, Nexus Ultimate does an outstanding job
of extending your desktop far beyond anything the standard Windows 7
interface can offer. Both the Free and the Ultimate versions are the
only docks to also include system tray support and multiple mouse-over
effects. Of the five docks here, Nexus is by far the most powerful you
will try.
Figure E