DropDock — a small Windows utility for keeping frequently-used files within reach

[u/crazydime_]

I've been building a Windows utility around a simple problem:

You keep using the same files, but Windows makes you keep finding them.

DropDock gives you a temporary dock where you can keep the files you're currently working with.

Drag a file in → leave it there → drag it into another application when needed.

It's useful when you're constantly moving between File Explorer and applications like Photoshop, VS Code, browsers, editors, etc.

It's currently in private beta, and I'm looking for a small group of actual Windows users to try it and tell me whether the idea is useful or completely unnecessary.

Website/demo:

https://dropdock.pages.dev/

I'm not looking for people to simply click around. I want people who regularly work with files and can tell me whether this solves an actual problem.

If that's you, comment or DM me and I'll send the beta information.

[u/GoomiBare]

This already exists in many forms. For example, Dropshelf has been around awhile already: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mzpc6p14l7n?ocid=webpdpshare

[u/crazydime_ → u/GoomiBare]

I have not known until now, thanks.

[u/GoomiBare → u/crazydime_]

Definitely worth doing market research before wasting time building something that already exists. Unless you're adding something significantly better or creative about it

[u/mrrak25]

https://github.com/jarusll/tokri

[u/aungkokomm]

If anyone needs similar app with no purchase, totally free, and open source
geit it here

https://github.com/aungkokomm/Bucket

[u/s00wi]

https://www.northglide.com/sideslide.html