Docky has been removed from Do!

Tonight I finally pushed the revisions to bzr that removed Docky from the Do source tree. For a while now Docky has been being developed as a stand alone application separate from Do. The two projects were limiting one another, so a decision was made to split them out. In the future there will be some of docky <–> do integration, but for now Docky is going to be the most kick ass Dock you’ve ever seen, and Do is going to be the most kickass launcher/everything-else-do-does you’ve ever seen.

In Ubuntu Lucid you can install Docky from the software center, otherwise the source is available at http://launchpad.net/docky. Today is the start of a new day in Do, development is going to start rolling again, and there should be a new kick ass release in the coming months. We’ve let things slide, but we’re kicking it back into gear.

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29 Responses to Docky has been removed from Do!

  1. onox says:

    There’s a small mistake in your blog post; Awn 0.4 is the most kick ass dock :p

  2. Boobek says:

    Hi!
    I don’t like this thing because I would like to use Do to a dock and a launch applications.

    I think it’s a very innovative feature;)

    So, I unlike this post: -1.

  3. CoolGoose says:

    @onox , no it isn’t.

  4. tosh says:

    thank you for separating do and docky, i think it was the right decision.

  5. whise says:

    offtopic
    docky should implement a dbus system to allow 3rd party language applets, like cairo-dock did

  6. Stephen says:

    Anyone who thinks AWN is a good dock obviously doesn’t use Docky… I used to use AWN but I switched to Docky as soon as it was added to Do – that first release was way better than AWN ever was.

  7. David says:

    Finally! Can you get it into Lucid?

  8. Meh, seems like a weird split to me — they’re both basically launchers. But I shall hold my fire until I’ve actually tried it!

  9. Good decision. While they are both launchers, they follow completely different concepts. The configuration always felt weird and redundant.

    Looking forward to new releases!

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  11. Marty says:

    Wouldn’t it be great if Docky were to be combined with a launcher? Oh, wait…

    I, for one, will be using Gnome-Do, not Docky. I find a lot of use in the launcher for seldom-used programs that I want to launch without cluttering up my dock. Also, Gnome-Do’s in-line file/folder search is a godsend.

    Duck Focky!

  12. Scaine says:

    That’s the end of my use of gnome-do, I reckon. Been using the new Docky for the last few months and now I’m back to using Alt-F2 for my “not already on Docky” launching needs.

    Shame. They worked well together.

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  15. anonymous coward says:

    “In the future there will be some of docky do integration”

    This should really be at the top of the developers’ list of improvements. Otherwise this is lost functionality that people (as you can see in the comments above) will certainly miss.

  16. Tyler Brainerd says:

    I’m impressed to see how far Docky has come. The haters have obviously not used the new Docky or seen where you guys want it to go. The helpers, the multiple docks, the cleanliness, man i love docky. I’m very excited to hear that development on Do will pick up again, as I’ve been waiting to see some new features and updates.

  17. Tyler Brainerd says:

    “This should really be at the top of the developers’ list of improvements. Otherwise this is lost functionality that people (as you can see in the comments above) will certainly miss.”

    Can you tell me what integration you are actually missing, other then do popping up in the same place as docky? What integration is everyone wanting? Install both do and docky, and you’re missing no features, but you add a whole lot more.

  18. Robert Smol says:

    Hi, I do not get it. I thought Docky was just a way of showing gnome-do. I absolutely love that I can have intelligent dock with the Do functionality. Will this be now gone?

    Anyway, where are your Donate buttons? Your work is great and I would like to appreciate.

  19. anonymous coward says:

    “Can you tell me what integration you are actually missing, other then do popping up in the same place as docky? What integration is everyone wanting? Install both do and docky, and you’re missing no features, but you add a whole lot more.”

    Yes, it’s mainly about both apps sharing the same window. This means two things: (1) Do doesn’t pop up in front of my current running apps, and (2) Docky shows by default a list of most frequently used apps (pulled from Do’s learning engine).

    A nice extra is that the anchor icon on Docky would actually be useful again :)

  20. anonymous coward says:

    ^ By the way, if I remember correctly, integration was the plan all along.

  21. CoolGoose says:

    I kinda actually miss the pop-ing up in the same place like docky, but i can leave without it.

    I’m not that of a power user to use do to do anything else other than well.. start programs for me :)

  22. Passy says:

    I really hope the performance issues with Xorg will vanish soon. I really love docky, but it’s completely unusable with my two systems as Xorg becomes unresponsive after a small amount of time.

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  26. gnaag says:

    Since the spearation of docky development, this is one really bad move. I started to use docky, when it first appeared in Gnome-Do. Before I have never thought of docks, while they were too resources-eaters. I really loved the simplicity and lihtweightness of gnome-do with docky and untill now I still use it as my main application switcher.

    Frankly, I cannot understand the outcome of Docky 2.0. Actually I cannot tell it from AWN or Cairo. Therefore I do not use it. It is too big resources-eater. I stick with Gnome-Do with Docky interface. And now this info. Let me show you numbers:

    Gnome-Do with Docky: 34 MBit
    Docky: 50 MBit
    Gnome-Do without Docky 20 MBit

    Result: Using two separate apps that actually already have been together doubles the RAM usage. Where is the point of switching to this solution instead of sticking with Gnome-do 0.8.2? I really don’t know and I hope that somebody with good skill of at least compiling will help the best dock ever “Gnome-Do 0.8 series” be functional on future linux distros. The best however would be if somebody continued the project Gnome-Do (the new brand is Do) or to make a fork called for instance: DockyDo or more poetical DooLittle. Unfortunatelly, I am not a bit developer, just an advanced user.

  27. parker says:

    I for one don’t get how the diff has been applied. I have the PPA key, ubuntu 9.10, and have the latest version of do, 8.3.1, but i still have docky. at what version number will gnome-do suddenly not have docky? I would like to know that, as I will stop upgrading at that point!

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