Running Apps indicator in Dock has disappeared

Hi
Up until 10.4, there was a marker in the dock (I think it was a small black triangle) showing which of those apps was running. It was a very quick way to check/quit apps you're no longer using. Has this been removed in 10.5?... I've checked Dock Prefs.
Thanks
Steve

Nope, it is still there but it is now a small white dot. If you have the Dock on the bottom with reflection on (the default), it can be hard to see. Try putting the dock on the left or right and make sure you have a dark desktop pattern. Alternatively, if you like the Dock on the bottom, you can turn off the dock reflection with:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES
To re-enable:
defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO
A log off and log in is required to see the changes.
Hope this helps

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