Comments on: Add an iOS Inspired Multitasking Bar to Mac OS X with TaskBoard

By: tim

tim — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:51:38 +0000

USELESS !

(But a real dock with this style would be cool !)

By: iSee

iSee — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:09:16 +0000

I agree with the majority of the above posts, in that this is just redundant (albeit pretty) way to duplicate features already present in OS X. Since it’s a beta I’ll ignore the performance issues for now, which will hopefully be resolved as other more interesting features are added to make this app stand out. Then I’ll try it, but no thanks for now.

Command-Tab is IMHO the easiest for quickly switching and quitting programs. The two together always go to the last program. Hold down Command, use Tab to toggle multiple programs, press Q while still holding Command to quit the selection, repeat as needed. You can also click on any of the icons with your cursor instead of pressing Tab repeatedly if you prefer…handy when you’re working with a lot at once, and not just quitting them all.

Don’t let all of this make you think I don’t love my Dock, because I do. If my hand is on the mouse already, sometimes I just prefer to just keep clicking. Gotta love having all your go-to programs pinned, and being able to see at a glance what’s running. Having the Applications, Documents and Downloads folders right there sure is nice, although I keep them in list view. Takes up much less space than the grid iOS look. Hold Control>Click Applications>Select Grid under “View content as” to try it.

Of course the above is an incomplete list of features that already exist in the Dock and elsewhere in OS X…but it seems this is what it is trying to replace. Bring o some big ideas.

By: Parth

Parth — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:31:00 +0000

Yes it did! just had to restart! Thanks DCJ001 and Pedrom!

By: Jeff Byers

Jeff Byers — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:23:21 +0000

The dock is faster and more capable. The Dockview utility allows badges, previews, instat navigation, and direct closure of windows. Try that first.

By: Bill Martin

Bill Martin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:09:29 +0000

Well, it does say BETA. All of us bleeding edge folk, usually read the comments before installing something like this.
😃

By: Bill Martin

Bill Martin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:05:57 +0000

You beat me to it. I donʻt understand developers putting together something that duplicates an already available option.
Just because you CAN do something, doesnʻt mean you SHOULD do it.

By: HC

HC — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:05:17 +0000

Toooooooooooooootally agree.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:34:03 +0000

Unfortunately, this is yet another example of solving a problem that doesn’t exist.

By: John

John — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:06:58 +0000

Lame. Nothing beats common-tab. Waste of space.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:52:18 +0000

Installed. Configured. Removed. It doesn’t serve any purpose.

However, if someone were to work on the code for “Fantasktik” that would be actually useful!

By: zev rand

zev rand — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:34:11 +0000

this app sucks. it lags on a 2.2 quad core mb pro with 16 gb of ram.

good concept though.

By: Pedrom

Pedrom — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:46:58 +0000

@Parth: hello there. I just followed what DCH001 said and also restarted my computer. And now I am totally fine. See if restarting your Mac after removing the app from both applications folder and system preferences would work for you.

By: Pedrom

Pedrom — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:45:34 +0000

By: noibs

noibs — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:20:22 +0000

Wow…an iOS inspired multitasking bar. Cool. Wait…I already have it. It’s called the Mac OS X dock. Duh.

By: dgfsds

dgfsds — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:17:55 +0000

Sooooooooo slow!!!!!!