Hi Darcy and Tim, I tried out the additemstodock program that Tim linked to put a folder into the dock (in Tiger). Something shows up there with the name of the folder or item, but I can't open it or show it in finder.
Tim, in order to open a web address the file has to be a .webloc file. I've found an application, WeblocMaker, that will create these files for your Desktop, but this was written for the PowerPC Macs. Here's the macupdate download page: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16018/weblocmaker The WeblocMaker.app lets you input a URL and a name for the webloc file. You can create a URL shortcut for either a Mac Web location or a Windows Web location or both on your Desktop. (They're named <name>.webloc and <name>,url) If you open the .webloc file in TextEdit it is a simple .xml file with some formatting information and the URL in a string. You can edit this to change the URL and save the file under a new name, and opening or double-clicking these .webloc files will take you to the web page. I would have tried putting one of these into the dock with additemstodock, but that program doesn't seem to let me open the files it moves to the dock (in Tiger). One warning about the WeblocMaker download file: it comes as WeblocMaker.tar.bz2.tar. I had to double-click the downloaded file to have it create a WeblocMaker.tar.bz2 file, and then I had to double-click the WeblocMaker.tar.bz2 file to have it unpack into a WeblocMaker folder with the app inside. A bit weird, since the naming with the extra .tar extension meant that Stuffit Expander didn't handle this automatically for me. YMMV. Cheers, Esther >Hi Tim. Thanks for the link. This is exactly what I was looking for. >Darcy > >On 12-Feb-08, at 2:11 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >>> Hi Darcy, >> >> You asked: I'm wondering if there is a way for us to place folders >> on the dock. I tried the VO drag and drop feature, but had no >> luck. Now that you can have stacks show up as a list, I wouldn't >> mind having some folders down there, specifically the applications >> folder. Any thoughts? >> >> TK: You may wish to look at this link: >> >> http://lucidsystems.org/luciddocktools.html >> >> You must run this in terminal and it does work. I am able to add >> folders and documents to the Dock but have not yet determined how to >> add a web address. It is not a difficult command to work with but >> if you're not a Terminal savvy person, I wouldn't suggest trying it. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> & Carter the Canine >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > > >
