Re: Adding an icon to the dock

FROM : Dave DeLong
DATE : Sat Nov 03 18:13:56 2007

I haven't looked in to this at all, but is the Dock scriptable?  Is 
there a way you could do this via AppleScript or an Automator workflow?

Dave DeLong

On 3 Nov, 2007, at 10:50 AM, Steve Israelson wrote:

> One issue my clients always mention is that most users are not that 
> computer savvy.
> They end up running the app from a disk image or cd-rom all the time 
> because they see the icon there.
> They even run an installer, and still run the app from the disk image.
> If there was ONLY an installer for them to see, and then it 
> installed, put the icon in the dock for them, then they would not 
> have to worry.
> It is even suggested that I launch the app, and close the disk image 
> and trash it for the user once the install is complete.
>
> Me, being a savvy user, just cringes, like most of you, when I hear 
> this, but the problems these users have are real ones and how to 
> make those users lives easier is the problem to solve.