Steve,

I saw one of those MorphDocks grazing out in the wilds and took a picture of
it:

http://people.we.mediaone.net/trade/Zurgle/morphdockss.jpg

they seem like kind, gentle beasts.

[Something was wrong with my camera, it didn't record the cursor which was
directly over the green method finder in the MorphDock when I took my
snapshot.]

The one that I saw knew several tricks, such as the expansion behaviour that
other Dock animals exhibit. Also, when I got close and passed a cursor over
it, its name would pop up, just like in the picture! However, I didn't see
any genii jumping in and out of bottles. [A pretty neat animation, if I
wasn't so lazy I'd code it up] These "MorphDocks of the wild" use a
different animation effect, entering and leaving is accomplished by the
simplicity of a carry morph, with a little bit of shaking going on at the
end by a shaking morph.

[BTW, Scott Wallace said I couldn't keep one. It would conflict with all the
other flap animals on the farm. Besides, said he, other flaps on the farm
can be configured to do almost the exact same thing with just a little
coaxing]

One day a couple of weeks ago, I packed a snack and went over to my local
CompUSA. Since they were in the middle of remodeling the store, the
personnel pretty much left me alone. I played with the OS X Macs for about
an hour. Having owned Macs in the past, I must say that the new environment
and experience is, I'll say this politely, interesting. I'm glad I brought
my snacks with me, it gave me something to do while waiting for even  the
simplest programs to load.

I saw one of those Dock animals that you were talking about. They seem like
mean spirited beasts. Being raised in captivity like that must have brought
out a nasty streak in them. Left to their druthers, they won't even leave
the trash can alone!

Jim



Steve said:
>
> Each time I show someone OS X for the first time, they comment how cool
the Magnification
> feature (an option) for the Dock looks.  The auto expansion to fit items
is pretty cool too.
> Apple has posted a QuickTime clip that shows the Dock in action if you
have never seen it:
> http://www.apple.com/macosx/theater/dock.html
>
> That would be cool to try.  One of the things I love about how powerful
and simple Squeak is -
> you can try experiments like this and have fun doing it.
>

Aaron said:

>  .. MorphDock ..