DockView
DockView extends Apple's Dock and shows window previews whenever you hover your mouse over an application or while using CMD+Tab.
DockView helps you visualize the windows you currently have open and easily find the window you are looking for.
Features:
Live previews. The previews refresh constantly so you can keep an eye on windows without activating them.
Customizable. The previews can be any size you want and you can choose between six different styles.
Badge Dock Icons. DockView can badge Dock icons with the number of windows that each application has open.
Activate windows. Click anywhere on a preview to activate the window.
Close windows. You can use DockView to easily close windows.
Spaces. DockView can show the Space number to which a window belongs to.
No hacks. DockView doesn’t modify the Dock or any system file.
Control Applications:
Window previews for iTunes show skip, play and pause buttons.
Window previews for iCal show upcoming events for the current day.
Window previews for QuickTime show play and pause buttons.
Window previews for VLC show skip, play and pause buttons.
Window previews for Mail show a “Get Mail†button.
Required OS: not specified
Tags:
preview
, expose
, quicklook
, window
, dock
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5 Opinions
amazing. can't imaging my life without this app.
Great little app. Unfortunately, PayPal makes you sign up for an account to purchase this. And I refuse to have an account with PayPal, so the developer doesn't get my money for this one!
I like the developers other apps, but this one dosn't touch me. It looks mostly like an attempt to mimic vista. OS X should do it better. There is Expose, for sure. But if you like preview for your application switching take a look at Witch, Window Flow or (my personal favorite) Optimal Layout, which offers great extra functionality.
I was looking for something that would extend the functionality of the Finders Command-Tab application switcher. This does everything that I wanted and more. I have no interest in the dock previews as I keep my dock hidden and use Overflow as a dock replacement.
I looked at almost everything out there, and tried Witch and WindowFlow. Both had problems with listing invisible windows, and I disliked the vertical listing with the emphasis on windows and not applications.
DockView, has none of the problems that the other apps do. It adds functionality to command-tab without changing the behavior or appearance of command-tab, all it does it add the ability to see / preview application windows and then select them directly.
The developer is incredibly responsive and added two small features that I requested in less than 12 hours.
My one complaint is that the icons lack polish.
Buy this app and support the developer.