{"id":195896,"date":"2021-03-06T20:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-hero-made-a-playable-pong-icon-for-the-macos-dock-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-03-06T20:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T17:34:00","slug":"this-hero-made-a-playable-pong-icon-for-the-macos-dock-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-hero-made-a-playable-pong-icon-for-the-macos-dock-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Hero Made a Playable \u2018Pong\u2019 Icon for the macOS Dock \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;#This Hero Made a Playable \u2018Pong\u2019 Icon for the macOS Dock \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-72996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/thumbcache\/0\/0\/f7546e05483d76c2f447961c5921851b\/p\/uploads\/2021\/03\/c07658b1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilsardesai\/status\/1362890469970214917?\" data-credittext=\"Neil Sardesai\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilsardesai\/status\/1362890469970214917?\">Neil Sardesai<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Why play a fullscreen <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> when you can do everything from the macOS Dock? iOS engineer Neil Sardesai recently showed off a version of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilsardesai\/status\/1362890469970214917?\"><em>Pong<\/em><\/a> that\u2019s fully playable inside its own Dock icon. Moving your mouse up or down adjusts the <em>Pong<\/em> paddle, and a small counter keeps score during gameplay.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Pong<\/em> macOS icon port takes advantage of Big Sur\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/documentation\/appkit\/nsdocktile#overview\">NSDockTile<\/a> tool, which adds functionality to Dock icons when an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> window is minimized. Neil Sardesai has experimented with the NSDockTile tool for other projects, including the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/neilsardesai\/Mouse-Finder\">Mouse Finder<\/a>, an animated replacement for the macOS smiley face Finder icon that follows your mouse with its eyes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who says you can\u2019t play games on a Mac \ud83d\ude0c <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GNVDUd59bQ\">pic.twitter.com\/GNVDUd59bQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Neil Sardesai (@neilsardesai) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilsardesai\/status\/1362890469970214917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But why stop at <em>Pong<\/em>? Neil Sardesai\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> post inspired another developer, Chris Jones, to shove a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmsj\/status\/1363912666012598278\">playable version of <em>Doom<\/em><\/a> in the macOS Dock. I guess that answers the world\u2019s greatest mystery\u2014will the macOS Dock run <em>Doom<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>Anway, Neil Sardesai hasn\u2019t released the <em>Dock Pong<\/em> app, but you can find some of the iOS engineers\u2019 applications, including Mouse Finder, on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/neilsardesai\/Mouse-Finder\">GitHub<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neilsardesai.com\/\">neilsardesai.com<\/a>. You can also follow Neil Sardesai <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilsardesai\">on Twitter<\/a> to keep up with the developer\u2019s antics.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neilsardesai\/status\/1362890469970214917?\">Neil Sardesai<\/a> via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/someone-made-a-fully-playable-game-of-pong-inside-a-mac-1846387158\">Gizmodo<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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