Getting Tiger functionality back in the Leopard Dock

Is there any way to get back some of the functionality that Tiger's Dock offered in Leopard? Specifically I want to be able to right click and get a list of folders within folders, so I can access those applications without having to open Finder windows.
To explain: in my Applications folder, I have subfolders to organise apps by type. I kept the Applications folder in the Dock. In Tiger, I would right click on this, and navigate to subfolders (eg "Media apps") and move the mouse across to the specific app, let go, and it would open.
With Leopard I can only get to the subfolder, then I have to open it as a Finder window, then click on my app. I know it seems a minor thing, but it annoys me to have to keep opening windows all the time. The only workaround I can see is to have every Applications subfolder in the Dock, but I don't want to do this because my Dock is already crammed full of stuff.
I hope this makes sense and I hope there is a solution.

At this time, Leopard just dropped that feature, maybe a future release will bring it back. I used to use the same method to organize regulary used servers.
The only thing I can think of, is use an alternative solution like DragThing (http://www.dragthing.com/)
Do you know you can launch any application by opening Spotlight menu (Command-Space or Control-Space) and type application name ? This is even quicker than using submenus.

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