Do you Dock or Not?

Just curious, who here uses a dock for Windows 7 like ObjectDock Stardock.com - Your Edge In Software or RocketDock About RocketDock - RocketDock.com ? Who doesn't, and why do you or don't you?

I currently don't use a dock, but i'm thinking of downloading ObjectDock for fun.

Stradevarius

 

No. I don't even have desktop icons, I keep what I need/use often pinned to the taskbar, and stuff that isn't used much pinned to the start menu.

 

I agree with hakira, us G73 guys stick together. I feel it is just another program that can go wrong and make trouble shooting more difficult.
Looks a lot to me like OS X

IS there a reason I can not see the others who chose the second option in the poll? I am nosy and other polls allow me to click the number of voters and see who voted.

 

Dexpot. I like my desktops as clean as possible. Minimal gadgets and no docks/launchpads.

 

I have 2 docks, a rainmeter taskbar and a rainmeter sidebar

 

This pretty much but I also use mini docks that's in my rainmeter. There's no point to docks though as long as the taskbar exists.

 

So far i'm sort of surprised with the results (of course it is only 2 to 5). In this thread http://forum.notebookreview.com/windows-os-software/340868-show-off-your-windows-7-desktop.html a lot of people have docks.

Stradevarius

 

i use windows 7 taskbar as a dock

 

Same as cassar here. W7 taskbar I find pretty high functional.

 

Indeed. A clean desktop is a happy desktop!

 

I did when I had Vista on my old laptop as I hated all the icons all over the desktop. Since programs/etc. can be pinned to the taskbar with Windows 7, I just do that.

 

I use the Windows 7 task bar as my dock.

A nice, clean desktop is how I like it

 

The taskbar in windows 7 works pretty much the same way as a dock does, except it doesn't zoom p)

Don't like having extra programs running all the time, if I can avoid it anyway.

 

I like a clean desktop too (the only icon on my desktop is the Computer icon for quick access to Computer Management, et al). For other programs, I pin my most used onto the taskbar.

 

That would be what is called a 'self-selecting' group.

What would be the point of showing off your desktop if you're not using a fancy dock or graphics?

 

Not using anything like a dock. Only thing i use as ''enhancement'' is minibin (recycle bin in tray).

 

With Windows 7, the taskbar is basically the dock. Previous to Windows 7 I didn't use a dock because they were a bit clunky.

 

+1000

people should use windows built in functionality instead of getting tools that provide the same, just in another way.

a clean desktop == apps pinned to taskbar, nothing on desktop, done.

why should i have two taskbars? especially different looking ones? not really a usability gain.

 

on vista, i used pin to startmenu to get rid of desktop shortcuts. i just pressed the win key and had all my apps accessible both trough keyboard, or with the mouse.

now, of course (see post above), pin to taskbar.

 

2nd for the "pin" option, in my case just pin to start menu

cheers ...