[JcRabbit]

I already answered that question in THIS post on page 2. :-)

Reason 3 - i.e. 'Another feature unique to NeXuS is that you can collapse floating docks (i.e. docks not attached to a screen edge) by double clicking the control icon. When you do that, the dock collapses so only the control icon is visible. Double click it again and the dock expands to normal size.' - is especially important.

I don't quite understand why you dislike the control icon so much (especially given that it can be skinned) but, as with everything else, if this becomes a popular request I can always come up with some way NOT to show the control icon (optionally, of course) in the next release. But under protest! :-P

Ah, just remembered another reason: what would happen to the dock if you deleted every single icon in it? How would you display an empty dock that you just created?

Errr... ok, I can answer that question myself: simply display a blank tile, hehe.

[JcRabbit]

Ah, and another reason I forgot, also unique to NeXuS:

As you probably know, besides supporting multi-docks, NeXuS also supports sub-docks (i.e. any entry on a dock can be made to open a sub-dock when clicked on. This allows you to categorize items much like you can with a tabbed dock).

What you probably don't know, is that NeXuS has extensive dock management abilities (told you, functionality is king with Winstep Xtreme): one easy way to create a sub-dock based on another existing dock, is to drag the control icon of the source dock and drop it onto another dock. This will remove the source dock and turn it into a sub-dock of the target dock.

You can do the same in relation to the Shelf (tabbed dock): drag a dock's control icon, drop it into a regular shelf, and that dock becomes a sub-dock of that shelf (visually represented by the dock's control icon). Open the shelf, click on that control icon, and the dock contents pop out from the shelf.

[Robin]

I guess nobody has heard of XWindows Dock? Yes its free and supports real live reflections and supports other awesome features like stack, grid, etc. natively. But the only problem is its a bit buggy and the developer doesn't work on it anymore . It works fine most of the time though.

Robin