Circle Dock: Stop going out of your way to launch apps

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Circle Dock: Stop going out of your way to launch apps

by Brad Linder Aug 15th 2008

There are plenty of dock-style applications launchers for Windows. But most have one thing in common: You anchor them to the top, bottom, or side of the screen and then scroll your mouse over that portion of the screen to bring up a list of applications. Circle Dock is different, because this free application launcher it appears where your mouse already is instead of making you move your mouse.

Like most application launches, Circle Dock comes with a list of icons for frequently used programs, like the Control Panel, your default browser, and the recycling bin. You can add shortcuts by dragging them from your desktop or quick launch bar and customize to your heart's content.

Circle Dock has a ton of visual customization options as well. You can either display your icons in concentric circles, or as a spiral. You can add a rotating animation effect to the spiral to make yourself dizzy. There are a more than 30 skins to choose from. And you can decide whether the dock is always visible or if it disappears when the program loses focus or when you click an application icon. One other feature which I wish every application launcher had (and which many, but not all, do have) is the ability to select from a handful of keyboard shortcuts to show or hide the dock.

[via CyberNet]

Tags: application-launcher, circle-dock, dock, program-launcher

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

archer said 6:07PM on 8-15-2008

i tried this recently and hated it. not that it didn't work or anything like that, just not my style.

never found anything better than traybar
and i've tried a whole lot of others.

it's been abandoned by it's creator, but works great in xp.
don't know about vista.

What the Frack?! said 8:22AM on 8-18-2008

It's got an Aug 17th, 2008 update, so I don't think it's been abandoned.

And they're working on 64-bit support.

Askray said 8:34AM on 8-31-2008

Hello...Archer..my name is Askray from Malaysia...i encountered difficulty while installing Circle dock..it says an error (ocx000..) forgot already....click ok to terminate..how to install it..???

Thank You..

Banquo said 8:21PM on 8-16-2008

Sorry but that looks ridiculous.

louis said 9:16AM on 8-18-2008

is woo,the best guys try it for your self.....

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