Custom Dock Icons

If you’re anything like me, you spend the vast majority of your day sitting in front of a computer monitor. Most people make those subtle changes to the appearance of their system to make the task of sitting there a little more enjoyable, others do it to make their user experience more efficient, and others just do it for the hell of it. I’ve always used Object Dock to keep my most frequently used icons up in the top of the screen; my personal preference for keeping everything easy to get to.

I’m always on the lookout for new dock icons, but find that it’s very difficult to find matching icons for all of the applications I use. There’s always nice matching ones available for Adobe products, but it’s nearly impossible to find matching icons for other applications. I took it upon myself to make my own dock icon set this evening, playing off of Adobe’s “elemental” style. From left to right: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Photoshop, iTunes, Notepad, Firefox, Thunderbird, SharePoint Designer.