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Why show Quicksilver icon in Dock?

Submitted by Robert Daeley on Wed, 2007-03-28 12:48.

In Quicksilver, you can choose whether or not to show its icon in the menubar and/or the Dock. It’s tempting to keep the Dock clear and choose only the menubar (or live dangerously and not show either ;).

One reason, at least, to show it in the Dock is in case Quicksilver locks up with the spinning rainbow beachball of death. Having the icon in the Dock will make the application available in the Force Quit Applications dialog box, which it isn’t with just the menubar icon.

Naturally, you can kill the QS process via the command line, but this is a little handier.



Another Way

Submitted by Peter (not verified) on Sat, 2008-02-23 16:04.

There’s always the Activity Monitor as an alternative to kill.

Re: Another Way

Submitted by Robert Daeley on Sat, 2008-02-23 20:50.

Yep, I always reach for Terminal first so usually wind up forgetting the Activity Monitor, but you’re right.