Dockapps
Dockapps, or docked applications are computer programs which appear to reside inside an icon rather than a window in graphical computer systems, normally in a part of the user interface known as the dock. Their display is constantly updated just like a windowed application, but appears inside a small (64x64 pixel) icon.
Window Maker Dock with the dockapps wmclock wmmon wmapmload and wmusic
This makes dockapps particularly suitable for monitoring things in the background, and some applications of dockapps are:
- Displaying CPU usage
- Displaying computer temperatures
- Displaying network or disk-usage statistics
- Displaying clocks, calendars, moon phases, or weather reports
See also
External links
- dockapps.net - a central repository for many dockapps
- xdock - an application that emulates Window Maker docks in any window manager
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