LUCKY13  DragThing - I'm spoiled without it!

Yes, the preference panels can be a bit daunting at first, but the effort will pay off. Once the program is set up to your liking, it can be a real timesaver. Launching apps, switching between them, opening files and folders...

The standard OS X dock has been shrunken and shoved off to the side.

One note: if you really take to DragThing and set it up just so, then you might want to make a backup copy of the app's preferences files for safe keeping.   
(Version 5.9.4)

VFJCZYN5LQXK  DragThing is more than a dock: It lets you have custom keyboard shortcuts for launching programs, files, opening folders, and running scripts. It works as a global sniplet holder for inserting frequently used text and image sniplets via clicking, custom keyboard shortcut, or drag & drop, in any programs. It can hold URLs, etc. just about any objects on your Mac and make it quick and easy to access them via mouse or via keyboard shortcut of your choice. DragThing also utilizes screen edges and corders very efficiently. I find all these aspects of DragThing extremely helpful in speeding up my workflow. There are so many workflow ideas you can implement with DragThing.

It is also a very stable application. I've been using DragThing for several years now, and it is one of the most well-behaving applications installed on my machine. It runs really well on older machines, too. I've run it on eMac/iMac 800Mhz G4 as well as iBook G3 500Mhz without any problems for years.

The author of this application is very helpful and responsive. There is also a large community of DragThing users which includes some well-known experts. DragThing has been around for almost 14 years now, and it is considered one of the most popular shareware of all time.

DragThing does have some learning curve, and it might take some playing around in order to realize all the features and potentials built into DragThing. But most things are just a matter of browsing the Preferences panel. I can certainly testify that the productivity gain DragThing gives me is more than enough to justify some learning curve.

DragThing is more than a dock: It lets you have custom keyboard shortcuts for launching programs, files, opening folders, and running scripts. It works as a global sniplet holder for inserting frequently used text and image sniplets via clicking, custom keyboard shortcut, or drag & drop, in any programs. It can hold URLs, etc. just about any objects on your Mac and make it quick and easy to access them via mouse or via keyboard shortcut of your choice. DragThing also utilizes screen edges and corders very efficiently. I find all these aspects of DragThing extremely helpful in speeding up my workflow. There are so many workflow ideas you can implement with DragThing.

It is also a very stable application. I've been using DragThing for several years now, and it is one of the most well-behaving applications installed on my machine. It runs really well on older machines, too. I've run it on eMac/iMac 800Mhz G4 as well as iBook G3 500Mhz without any problems for years.

The author of this application is very helpful and responsive. There is also a large community of DragThing users which includes some well-known experts. DragThing has been around for almost 14 years now, and it is considered one of the most popular shareware of all time.

DragThing does have some learning curve, and it might take some playing around in order to realize all the features and potentials built into DragThing. But most of it is just a matter of browsing the Preferences panel. I can certainly testify that the productivity gain DragThing gives me is more than enough to justify some learning curve.

Overall, I strongly recommend DragThing. Excellent productivity enhancement utility.   
(Version 5.9.3)

AWADO  I can't say anything bad about this software. It's perfect for everyday work and when you configure it to fit your needs, it's more than just a replacement for the dock. Even when there were minor glitches their support forum is one of the fastest I know.

The best thing is a simple feature: bring all application windows to the front at once. It's a behaviour I'm missing in OS X since the days of OS 9.

The only thing that sometimes confuses me is the huge amount of preferences you can set. It took me ten minutes to find out how to rotate a dock. It's not in the dock's prefs windows, it's in the menu!  
(Version 5.9.5)

RORO01  The best freeware alternative is FinderPop.  
(Version 5.9.3)

RONL  First off... this is a great app!

Unfortunately version 5.9.5 broke the ability to scroll the layers of a Dock.

Also simply reverting to 5.9.4 would not allow this feature either UNTIL I had trashed all of the DragThing preference files.

Just a heads-up.

FWIW... I have never had this problem before with any of DT's updates.  
(Version 5.9.5)

PHALERON  Five more updates and we're into version 6. I would certainly like to see where DragThing goes from here.  
(Version 5.9.4)

CORPSECORPS  Woops.

Dumb mistake. The desktop trash is simply appearing in only one of Leopard's "Spaces", and i don't know how to get it to appear in all!

There's a checkbox to "Ignore Expose", but it's greyed out.  
(Version 5.9.3)

CORPSECORPS  Since upgrading to 5.9.3, my desktop trashcan keeps disappearing.

If i bring up Dragthing prefs, deactivate, and then reactivate the trash, it reappears for a short time.

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(Version 5.9.3)

KERRALA  Dragthing is one of those apps you either love or hate because it dictates the way you interact with your Mac.

I am glad I spent the time setting it up how I like because now I can't live without it.

The developer is fantastically responsive too!  
(Version 5.9.2)

CORPSECORPS  I'm another of those folks who used this heavily way back. I registered version 2, upgraded to 4, and then 5 but haven't used since a couple OS's ago.

I've used various launchers, finder substitutes, hot-key gizmos, and the like. I'm a digital pack-rat and organizational disaster area.

Apple's new Leopard features like their pathetic "stacks" weren't going to do much for me.

With 21.13 GB and 36,469 items just in my desktop folder, i decided it was time to give Dragthing another try in order to bring some order to the chaos.

When i opened it up, Dragthing looked very familiar, yet so much more capable even than before. I'm very happy to find out my old registrations still function!

As people have said in much earlier reviews, though it takes some significant time and effort to set it up when first run, the capabilities and variety of ways it can be used and configured to suit any particular user are flat out STAGGERING!

If you can't make it suit you as an organizer/launcher, you looked examined it closely enough.

The only reasons i can't say it's solved my problem is the magnitude of the problem. It really is the Rolls Royce of organizational tools.   
(Version 5.9.1)