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DESCRIPTION

Quay extends the Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Dock to show extended popup menus for most Dock items, including applications, stacks and URLs. Quay also allows you to make folder proxy icons with easily customized icons.

So why should you use Quay at all? Extra information, more flexibility. For one, the Dock's popups are limited to about 500 items; Quay's limit is in the tens of thousands. You can have a Quay popup on both sides of the Dock; Apple has them only on the document side. The Dock doesn't follow aliases/symbolic links in its menus; Quay does. It works for Smart Folders, also shows application versions and (for running applications) CPU and memory statistics. Still, if for some reason you want the Dock's normal display, just hold the Option key down before clicking.

Quay is a simple-to-use Cocoa application. You can run it just to configure a popup item in the Dock, but it works automatically with your existing stacks; the actual popup is handled by a background process that uses few system resources. The Dock icons can be customized for better recognition (and put on both sides of the Dock).

Quay does no magic. It doesn't hack the Dock in any way, and calls no private system interfaces.

There is no trial period, but only the first Quay item on each side of the Dock will work until you register. Application popups are a free bonus!

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.1.2:
  • Quay is now compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
  • Quay now works correctly with the Finder's canned searches, if you drag them directly from the Finder to the Dock.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later, 10.5.8 recommended; or 10.6.

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Developer:Rainer Brockerhoff
Downloads:6,028
  - Version d/l:620
Utilities:System
License:Shareware
Date:03 Sep 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$10.00
RATING
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May 9 2008
*****

LORIN RIVERS  Quay keeps getting better and better. It's one of the best investments in software I have ever made!

Take the time to read the release notes if you're an existing user, I just spotted the cmd-option-click on running app in the dock to get process details feature, which is pretty cool.

Keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.1)

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Sep 2 2009

RAINER BROCKERHOFF  Version 1.1.2 (297) is now posted.

This new build fixes the timeout bug that was disabling the QuayMenu background process on Snow Leopard after a certain click pattern. Also, stacking screens vertically now works if menu bar and Dock are on different screens. All users should update.  
(Version 1.1.2)

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May 10 2008

RAINER BROCKERHOFF  Veuillez retélécharger cette version, nous avons découvert quelques erreurs dans le texte français. Toutes nos excuses.  
(Version 1.1)

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Mar 4 2008

RAINER BROCKERHOFF  I found an issue on some Intel Macs with 1.1b3 (249) where the "Average CPU %" value in the application popup was completely wrong. It's fixed now, and because it's such a small change I preferred not to bump the beta number, but just incremented the build number. The new version is 1.1b3 (250).

So if you're affected by this, please download again and reinstall. My apologies for this slip-up.  
(Version 1.1b3)

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Feb 17 2008
*****

DTRUETT1  I experienced some problems that made 1.1b1 unusable. With 1.1b2, everything works perfectly.

Not only does Quay give you the old hierarchical menus, the choice of how to sort, and restores the Command-Click>shows the folder in Finder, but it also allows me to put my customized folders in the Dock. I created folders in Tiger using a metal folder and FolderBrander or CanCombine Icons for quick identification. Now the dock functions even better than it did in Tiger.

I would buy this at 3 times the price!  
(Version 1.1b2)

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Feb 12 2008

JFIELDS  I think he meant pointless instead of useless as 10.5.2 brings back the functionality.  
(Version 1.1b2)

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Feb 13 2008

RAINER BROCKERHOFF  Right; I apologize for misinterpreting the comment. I've updated the product description and the screenshot to make it clearer, and put some comparative screenshots on the product page on my site. It's like text editors; if TextEdit were sufficient, people wouldn't pay for other text editors, right?  
(Version 1.1b2)

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Feb 12 2008

M-RICK  useless with 10.5.2 update.  
(Version 1.1b2)

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Feb 12 2008

RAINER BROCKERHOFF  Did you email me details? Can't see anything in my inbox, or in the support forums...  
(Version 1.1b2)

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Feb 7 2008
*****

LORIN RIVERS  ZOMG! Speed increase alone makes me weak in the knees. The only complaint I had with the earlier version. If you miss the old folder-in-the-dock behavior in Leopard, Quay is your BFF. It rocks.  
(Version 1.1b1)

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Nov 30 2007

FRANCOLA  PERFECT!!

Thank you sooo much!

$$$ Sent!!  
(Version 1.0.1)

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Nov 30 2007

PATOCHE  If you could add a way to preview the images...kind of making the icons bigger...it would the app de la mort qui tue ;-))  
(Version 1.0.1)

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