Dock is usually hidden, use Quicksilver [<a href="http://qsapp.com/" rel="nofollow">http://qsapp.com/</a>] to launch programs and run common operations on files.<p>Common software used - iTerm/DTerm, Textmate, assorted browsers, Zend Studio/Rubymine/Netbeans, Adium, Colloquy, zsh, CS5, Caffeine, Dropbox, GitX, Hex Fiend, Skitch, NetNewsWire, Parallels Desktop...
I actually paid $10 to get rid off the dock, most of the common ways to get rid of it kept breaking in various ways.<p>I feel kinda used about paying for that
i'm a south paw myself, but not for long. ditching my macbook pro, buying a thinkpad x220, and going back to ubuntu.<p><a href="http://imgur.com/FnSyK" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/FnSyK</a>