Docklings (also referred to as
Docklets) are simple
applications with
interfaces that are anchored within a users'
Mac OS X Dock and have no free-floating windows or
menu bar functionality. Docklings can be
activated (they are automatically launched as the Dock launches when the user logs in) by a single mouse-click, which usually supplies the user with a
menu of selectable options or information. Otherwise, the Dockling's
icon locality in the Dock can convey graphical content (such as
CPU taxation, weather statistics,
network activity, current time, etc.)
They range from simple access utilities to novelties to simplified
internet portals.
A Dockling I find invaluable for my daily MacOS X activities is
Prefling, a Dockling that enables rapid access to the list of active
System PreferencesFor a logical predecessor, see the
NeXTStep/
OpenStep "
dockapp".