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Why?
Authored by: q-wert on Feb 02, '05 12:12:02AM

Purely out of curiosity....

I am truly curious as to why someone would want to put 'Recent Items' in the Dock. What advantage does it have over the current solution : Apple menu > Recent Items

Don't get my wrong : it's fun to know what you can do. :-)

However, the reason for this escapes me. Could someone list some advantages I have clearly missed?

The Apple > Recent Items :
- you can already configure the Apple - Recent Items menu ; already Organized (Apps & Docs). Heck, you could only put Apps or Docs if you wanted.
- it has the same accessibility : a single click - then drag/move for your selection. And both are accessible no matter what app is active.
- it spares some space on the Dock. (since the Dock already has a big job to do: quick launcher, app switcher, etc.)



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Re: Why?
Authored by: joshelgin on Feb 02, '05 12:20:11PM

I think there have been studies done that show that (especially right handed) computer users spend most of the time with the mouse on the right half and bottom half of the screen. Since this is where the dock resides, it is actually faster and more convenient.

The other reason I believe it gives faster access to the files is because once I place the folder in the dock, I simply right click and the files are right above the mouse; I don't have to navigate to the sub-menu.

As for the dock having a big job...I only keep the apps I use most often down there, not every app that I have installed on my computer. I also tend to open the same documents often, so I want them in the dock with everything else.



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Maybe because...
Authored by: ecco on Feb 02, '05 01:54:05PM

...I *never* use the AppleMenu.
So having the recent items in the dock is quite useful for me.
I changed the script a little bit and now it shows doc and apps in my recent items folder.



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Why?
Authored by: renderhead on Mar 02, '05 11:36:46AM

The Apple menu "Recent Items" is only updated when you open a file through the Finder. It doesn't update when you open a file through an application. For example, I often open my Word documents from the "File -> Recent Files" menu in Word. When I quit Word, I no longer have access to that recent file list.

This script checks the "modified" date instead, which will update the list whenever a file is created or saved within the target directories.



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