Piedock is a task bar and application launcher in shape of a pie menu of icons.PieDock feels a little bit like the famous OS X dock but in shape of a pie menu which appears directly around your mouse cursor.
Basically it shows a selection of icons that you can use to control or launch the corresponding application.
Requirements
- Requires a C++ compiler, a make utitlity along with the headers and libraries of X11 and libpng.
- Runs on Linux and *BSD.
Home Page : PieDock – Markus Fisch Personal Web Page
Java Demo : PieDock JavaScript Demo
March 13, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Wow, that is awesome! I must try this out
March 13, 2008 at 11:41 pm
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March 14, 2008 at 8:31 am
does this need compositing?
March 14, 2008 at 10:01 am
Looks nice, but like the Mac OS X dock it’s probably much less useful than other methods of launching + switching applications.
March 19, 2008 at 8:27 am
@ell I don’t think so it need composite manager.. I haven’t’ tried it yet but will tell you after I’ll
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April 23, 2008 at 3:05 pm
It is pretty hard to install, could you post a how to install?
July 4, 2008 at 5:02 am
can you make one for vista plzzzzzzzzzzzz