Editing Dock (macOS) (section)

==Related software==

The [[classic Mac OS]] does have a dock-like application called Launcher, which was first introduced with [[Macintosh Performa]] models in 1993 and later included as part of [[System 7|System 7.5.1]].  It performs the same basic function.<ref name="Using_the_Launcher">{{cite web | last = Moore | first = Charles | access-date = July 28, 2014 | date = October 2, 2001 | title = Using the Mac OS Launcher | url = http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/using_the_mac_os_launcher | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140727204428/http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/more/using_the_mac_os_launcher/ | archive-date = July 27, 2014 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> Also, add-ons such as [[DragThing]] added a dock for users of earlier versions.

MacOS was not the first operating system to implement dock-like features. [[RISC OS]] contains a feature called the [[Icon bar]], which is remarkably similar to the macOS Dock. The Icon Bar was first implemented in 1987 for the first version of RISC OS, named [[Arthur_(operating_system)|Arthur]].

Microsoft implemented a simplified dock feature in the [[Windows Desktop Update]] that shipped with [[Internet Explorer 4]]. This Quick Launch toolbar feature remained until [[Windows 7]], where it was replaced by the [[Superbar]], which implements functionality similar to the macOS Dock.

Various ''docks'' are also used in [[Linux]] and [[Berkeley Software Distribution|BSD]]. Some examples are [[Window Maker]] (which emulates the look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI), [[Docky]], and [[Avant Window Navigator]], [[KXDocker]] (amongst others) for [[KDE]] and various others like [[gDesklets]], {{proper name|adesklets}}, [[AfterStep]]'s Wharf (a derivation from the NeXTstep UI),  {{proper name|iTask NG}} (a module used with some [[Enlightenment (window manager)|Enlightenment]]-based [[Linux distribution]]s such as [[gOS (operating system)|gOS]]) and [[Blackbox]]'s Slit.