RocketDock: Mac OS X-like Application Launcher For Windows

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Have you ever glanced over the shoulder of a Mac user and seen the nifty little bar of icons at the bottom of their screen? This is known as a "dock." For those of you that haven't seen this, a dock is simply a bar that can be set to the edge of your screen with a background and a row of shortcut icons. The function of a dock is to bring quick access to these shortcuts in an organized fashion relieving your desktop of clutter. It acts much like the Quick Launch, pointing each icon to the original folder or file.

Now you can have the "dock" in your desktop by installing RocketDock for Windows XP & Vista. RocketDock lets you easily access all of your most commonly used Windows applications and minimize them in one place. All you have to do is drag and drop shortcuts to the launcher in order to access them. You can even customize RocketDock with different colors and effects.

RocketDock is a project by Punk Labs. With RocketDock, icons zoom and transition smoothly when you move your mouse over them. You can minimize windows to the dock instead of Windows task bar. RocketDock runs great on slower computers and supports many languages and can easily be translated (including Arabic). And best of all... its FREE.

Note: RocketDock does not remove, replace, store, duplicate, or backup any of the items you drag into the dock. You should never delete the original items. Dock shortcuts are not stored as files and cannot be dragged back onto the desktop or anywhere else.

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