Mac: It's a cross-platform world, and if you switch between a Windows PC and Mac frequently, you may miss Windows 7's live previews of windows from running apps in the taskbar. DockView is a Mac OS utility that adds those previews to the Mac's Dock.
Once installed, you can see at a glance how many windows of any given application are open, even if they're minimized. You can then customize the way those notifications appear. Hover over any of the running applications to see a pop-up view of all of the active windows for that program, the same way you can in Windows 7.
DockView allows you to click on any of the window previews to go straight to that window, or use hotkeys to bring that window to the front. The app is free, but will nag you to buy the paid version periodically. The full version of the app will set you back $7.99. It supports Mac OS 10.6 and higher.
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.
Try it now! You can download DockView by clicking
here (3.67MB). You can test DockView for as long as you want, but the free version shows an alert every now and then. DockView can be easily uninstalled, just by deleting it, so you can take it for a test-drive and if you don’t like it, delete it. The paid version of DockView costs only $7.99.
