Nice improvement to stacks icons

Hello everyone-
I tried some Leopard GUI tweaks suggested in ComputerWorld
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI d=9084398&pageNumber=2
and I found the application "Stacks In Da Place"
http://www.eagle-of-liberty.com/stacksindaplace/
combined with Yasushi Chida's drawer-style icons
http://www.geocities.jp/chy065/
to be a really nice improvement over what Apple does by default for stack icons in Leopard. I usually don't do GUI tweaks, but I have never liked the implementation of Stacks. This is, IMO, much nicer and I thought some of the rest of you might like to give it a try.
In the 10.5.2 update Apple fixed a lot of Leopard's GUI problems, but the Stacks icons is one area that they have not yet addressed.
FWIW, I like the Tiger-style folder icons better too. The embossed blue ones are too difficult to differentiate, I think the older ones were much better.
Oh well, it's a matter of taste I suppose. Anyway, thought someone might enjoy these Stacks changes.
-Mike

Thanks for posting Michael, I personally think Apple made some bad decisions with Leopards GUI, stacks being one of them, the "3D" dock being another.

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