<s>
DragThing	B-Application
was	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
Dock	O
application	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intended	O
for	O
organization	O
and	O
as	O
an	O
application	O
switcher	O
,	O
DragThing	B-Application
allowed	O
for	O
multiple	O
docks	O
with	O
user-specified	O
settings	O
such	O
as	O
color	O
,	O
texture	O
and	O
shape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dock	O
contents	O
could	O
be	O
organized	O
into	O
tabs	O
and	O
paying	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
fee	O
enabled	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
assign	O
a	O
keyboard	O
shortcut	O
to	O
any	O
dock	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragThing	B-Application
won	O
many	O
awards	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2010	O
MacWorld	O
gave	O
it	O
4.5	O
mice	O
,	O
highlighting	O
its	O
utility	O
for	O
users	O
who	O
preferred	O
using	O
the	O
mouse	O
over	O
keyboard-oriented	O
launchers	O
such	O
as	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
or	O
QuickSilver	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
early	O
versions	O
,	O
DragThing	B-Application
brought	O
many	O
features	O
useful	O
in	O
a	O
multitasking	B-Operating_System
environment	O
to	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
such	O
as	O
alt-tab	O
application	O
switching	O
and	O
an	O
onscreen	O
representation	O
of	O
running	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragThing	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
applications	O
to	O
adopt	O
the	O
Platinum	B-Operating_System
appearance	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
and	O
ran	O
in	O
the	O
Blue	B-Operating_System
Box	I-Operating_System
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
aborted	O
Rhapsody	B-Operating_System
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DragThing	B-Application
release	O
schedule	O
slowed	O
between	O
1998	O
and	O
2000	O
,	O
as	O
its	O
developer	O
James	O
Thomson	O
was	O
then	O
employed	O
at	O
Apple	O
Inc	O
.	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
working	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
's	O
Finder	B-Application
and	O
Dock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
surmised	O
that	O
the	O
built-in	O
Dock	O
of	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
would	O
soon	O
make	O
DragThing	B-Application
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thomson	O
left	O
Apple	O
shortly	O
after	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
and	O
resumed	O
work	O
on	O
DragThing	B-Application
,	O
releasing	O
version	O
4.0	O
on	O
24	O
March	O
2001	O
,	O
skipping	O
version	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DragThing	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
1	O
May	O
1995	O
and	O
celebrated	O
its	O
10th	O
anniversary	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
,	O
I	O
would	O
have	O
ended	O
up	O
with	O
DragThing	B-Application
...	O
"	O
</s>
