VERYCARLA  DragThing is to the Dock what MacOS X is to Windows. They're similar, it's true, but DT is so much more flexible and versatile (not to mention better-looking) it's in a class by itself.  
(Version 5.9)

EASYEDE  Spargett, DragThing is much more than the Dock. I've been using DragThing for at least 5 years and it just gets better with each new version. My DragThing "Dock" has 8 tabs with each tab holding items relevant to a specific catagory such as "Applications", "Net", "Work", "Photography", "Games", etc. These tabs hold close to 100 items so unless you have a 4 foot monitor you'd be hard pressed to show all these item in the Apple Dock.

Check out the documentation on DragThing and you'll quickly see that it has MANY more useful features that the Apple dock doesn't have. I use the Apple Dock for those items I use VERY frequently and for quick access to minimized windows but DragThing is my Application/Folder/File command center.   
(Version 5.9)

MACMATH17  Why write a smart-a$$ed comment when you could honestly and constructively ask:

"What advantages does this have over the Dock."

Gloves do the same thing as mittens, but one can be ever so much more nimble with them.  
(Version 5.9)

STORMCHILD  Obviously you have no idea what DragThing does.  
(Version 5.9)

ERICOB  Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah!!

I have Apple's pathetic "dock" thing "hidden" by way of anchoring it to "top," which actually means the 1 pixel space just below the menu bar.

I *can* get to it if I need it, but otherwise it pretty much doesn't exist for me. Thank goodness... I hate it.

I have a DragThing dock on my second monitor that contains 15 tabs, each 7 cells wide by 6 tall. Maybe I have a messy workspace, but I can put FAR more stuff into this (and actually FIND it, later) than I can the Dock.  
(Version 5.9)

CORPSECORPS  Ooh. That's SO witty.

Dock and Dragthing are about as similar as a limousine with every conceivable option, and a matchbox car.

Under very precise circumstances, they may look somewhat alike, but that's about it.  
(Version 5.9.1)

CORPSECORPS  ericbob said:

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I have Apple's pathetic "dock" thing "hidden" by way of anchoring it to "top," which actually means the 1 pixel space just below the menu bar.

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How did you do that?!

That's exactly what i need; to keep the dock hidden without having it shut down, which causes other problems.

(Using Leopard 10.5.1)  
(Version 5.9.1)

DANEMCGREGOR  As a long-time DragThing fan, I've always done the following. Not sure if it'll work in Leopard, but in Tiger:

Open Terminal and type in the following lines (each line ending with a return):

defaults write com.apple.dock launchanim -bool no

defaults write com.apple.dock magnification -bool no

defaults write com.apple.dock autohide -bool yes

defaults write com.apple.dock orientation -string top

defaults write com.apple.dock pinning -string start

defaults write com.apple.dock tilesize -int 2

Then Kill the dock process (in Terminal, or using TinkerTool), or re-boot, to re-launch the Dock with the new settings.

In order, these command do the following:

*Turns off launch animations

*Turns off Magnification

*Turns on autohide

*Places it at the top of the screen

*Places it at the left of the top (use "end" instead of "start" if you wish it on the right, near spotlight)

*Resizes the tiles of the icons in the Dock to 2x2 pixels; for some reason, if you try 1 or 0, it gets wonky. This makes the dock so small that even if you do accidentally trigger it, it's barely noticeable.

Additionally, go into System Preferences: Keyboard and Mouse, and un-check "Automatically hide and show dock" (command-alt-D) so you don't accidentally un-hide it.

See http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040423170608616&query=dock%2Bterminal%2Bsize

for more details.  
(Version 5.9.2)

KUPHD  I have nearly 80 items in the DragThing dock. Try that using the Apple Dock.  
(Version 5.9.2)

ROBIN-O-HOOD  Hi.

I am a long time user of MainMenu, however I am on a PPC G4 Mac.

I am a member of the online Mac Owners Support Group: macOSG and I suggest that you register (for free) and post your problem at macOSG's forum:

http://macosg.com/group/index.php

Once you resolve this issue please report back here.

Steven Hotelling :-)  
(Version 1.7)

BILLY RAY VALENTINE  Hi Spargett,

Your email was replied to many weeks ago, we have still not received a response.

Did you receive it? (or, have the problems being solved?)

Thanks! (Version 1.7)  
(Version 1.7)