uBar

2.4.7 24-Feb-2015

The Dock replacement for the Mac.

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uBar is the Dock replacement for the Mac. If you've never really liked the Dock, or have a soft-spot for the Windows Taskbar, uBar is here to save the day. uBar can be configured as a dock or task bar for OS X.

Features:

Favourites area (including Show Desktop and Trash)
Expands up to 5 rows (by dragging the edge)
Application Badges are readable unlike the Dock's
Customizable uBar menu
Activity Mode: hold Ctrl key to show Application CPU and Memory usage
Group Windows by Application (Always, Never, Automatic)
Light or Dark theme
Works on more...

What's New

Version 2.4.7:

Feature: Help buttons added to Preferences
Tweak: Window count is slightly faded in App titles
Tweak: Clock shows more information when using two lines on large size
Tweak: Unpinned corner radius adapts to to size
Fix: Clicking the clock area launches the default calendar app for ICS files
Fix: uBar no longer moves to corner on Logout

Requirements

OS X 10.9 or later

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Downloads 14,724

Version Downloads 341

Type Utilities / Desktop

License Shareware

Date 24 Feb 2015

Platform Intel 64 / OS X

Price $20.00

Features:

Favourites area (including Show Desktop and Trash)
Expands up to 5 rows (by dragging the edge)
Application Badges are readable unlike the Dock's
Customizable uBar menu
Activity Mode: hold Ctrl key to show Application CPU and Memory usage
Group Windows by Application (Always, Never, Automatic)
Light or Dark theme
Works on OS X 10.10

Version 2.4.7:

Feature: Help buttons added to Preferences
Tweak: Window count is slightly faded in App titles
Tweak: Clock shows more information when using two lines on large size
Tweak: Unpinned corner radius adapts to to size
Fix: Clicking the clock area launches the default calendar app for ICS files
Fix: uBar no longer moves to corner on Logout

To be honest, I'd never really given a task bar any real thought. Always seemed redundant to me. But, because I like playing with new utilities, I downloaded uBar just to check it out. Actually, I think its quite well done. When I first downloaded it earlier today, I immediately found issues with its implementation of app switching when the app is running w/ no windows open. I contacted the dev, just one a whim, and he responded within a couple of hours. We hashed out the issue, and not long after, there was a new version in my In Box. I loaded it, and while the issue was fixed, it wasn't quite right. I let him know, and within an hour, that was fixed too!
There's still some stuff I'd love to see...for instance, the ability to reorder Favorites. And I recognize the inherent limitations of making an app like this (for instance, I doubt MacOS would allow for Notification badges on app icons on the task bar...not the dev's fault).
Nevertheless, there's obviously been a great deal of thought and care put into this app, by a dev who seems only to want to make the product better. Well worth a look.