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Imbroglio
03-08-06, 09:48 PM
looking for a widget, dunno if it is a yahoo widget or a desktopX widget that mimics the osx program launch bar, i've looked all over and can't seem to find one. any help would be greatly appreciated

edit: i need a zoomy bar that is non-cycladic and can hold atleast 20 program launch icons. the ones that i have found have been extremely buggy/could not hold enough programs to my liking. thanks again

Imbroglio
03-10-06, 01:38 PM
seeing as how nobody really ever responded to this post, even though several people have taken a glance at it, i figured i would let you know how i made out across several forums posting this very same question (others of which i got no responses either).

There are a couple of good object bars that completely mimic that of the OSX launch bar:

Y'z Dock - which is regarded as being the best in terms of emulating the OSX object bar, so good that apple supposedly went through a litigation with the author of this software and it is no longer updated. The reason i didn't include a link for a download site is because i think it is illegal to do so in most forums on software that was mandated removed. (just google it, still tons of places to download)

Object Dock (http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/): is the current hit as far as object docks are concerned. It is still being updated regularly and is also completely free

MobyDock (http://www.mobydock.com/): is regularly overlooked and does some nifty little things, like minimizing a window takes a small screen shot and replaces your icon in the object bar with that screenshot

i included the object docks which are relatively low on system resouces(<8mb) and don't have as many bugs as some of the first object bars that i first encountered. I figured i might as well share this knowledge for anybody else looking for similar information. Enjoy :D