Today’s Screenshot: Cool Leopard-Flavored Dock for Ubuntu
I just came across this nice little mock-up of an application launcher for Ubuntu Linux created by Brad Jensen. It incorporates the look of Mac OS X Leopard’s dock, and it adds a system navigator and search interface which pops up when you click on the system icon.
There’s an Ubuntu Forums thread discussing Jensen’s mockup. Some users think his dock apes Apple’s dock a little too closely. While a strong visual resemblance is certainly there, the functionality is different.
Jensen explains it in a forum post after the jump.
The difference between Leopard and this is Leopard’s dock is for launching apps from the icons directly on the dock, this has menus in it for launching apps and keeping things sorted, and then the icons on the dock are for apps that are running. It’s like all of your panels in one simple to use, good looking dock that can be set to auto-hide. and have effects for fun if one wants them.
So, the bubble/dock combo replaces the standard Ubuntu apps panels. Neat!
More on the bubble from Jensen:
When you click something in the Bubble, like "Internet" the contents in the bubble would change to show all of your internet applications with which you could launch from that bubble. When you type in the search of the bubble, the contents in the bubble would change to what it found in the search til’ you hit the clear search button, in which you would be taken back to the main "Programs & Pref’s" menu. When you open/run a program - that programs icon is then displayed in the middle of the dock.. anything open, minimized, or in the tray would show up on the middle of the dock to indicate to you that it is a running application..
