Plasq

I have already introduced you to the programme Comic Life by Plasq, but if you go to their downloads page you will find some other software to download for your Mac. Comic Life you can try before you buy and the trial conditions are very reasonable. Doozla is a drawing programme for younger children but I downloaded it and had a bit for fun. I found the voices for the colours to be bizarre and I’d rather they were changed. The idea of teaching the colours as children play and draw is a good idea. But then the voice things end and the programme takes over. I think there could be some more speech on the programme. The backdrops and landscapes are really good, the tools are really good and the fact you can take photos and then draw over them is a great idea. It’s worth a look if you have children or you are working with children. There are 3 other free pieces of software on the site. One is a music enhancer with a twist, the puzzle maker is great and the screensavers are nice. Plasq is a site which seems to work with its target audience and they do have a good sense of fun and imagination so visiting the site is enjoyable and their software is very positive and creative in its impact.

Get rid of the bouncing dock on Mac

I confess I am not a fan of the Dock on my Mac. Past the point of playing with the magnification so I had a Mexican wave going and exploding things off the Dock onto the desktop which amused me for a while, I prefer a bar with icons that just behave themselves and stay still. The Mexican wave had to go because it kept enlarging icons when I was working on the bottom of the page of an application. The bouncing Dock is really rather kiddie and I have got rid of it. It’s easy. Click on the Apple icon top left of your screen. About half way down the menu you will see Dock. Click on that and then, in that menu, click on Dock preferences. This is where you set the Dock placement, effects and magnification. Uncheck the box labelled Animate opening applications. That’s it! Shut the windows and go back to work and your Dock will stay still.