Stacks in leopard are pretty cool. Sure, there was always something like it (right-clicking a folder in the dock), but this adds a little flare. Unfortunately it takes something away, too. I'm not sure what Apple thought they were accomplishing by making the stacks' icons dynamic, but a lot of us don't really like it. I like to be able to glance and know which one is my applications folder, which my documents folder, which my downloads folder, and so on. But that's just not how it works.

TUAW is posting about a "workaround" or "hack." Or really whatever you want to call it. Basically you put a folder into the folder that you have added as a stack, give it an icon you like, use touch at the command line to set its modified date far into the future, and name it with a preceding and trailing space. And frankly, I think it's lame to have to do that. If you are using the fan format, it eats a slot. If you're going automatic, it may tip you over the edge into grid from fan, which just isn't as neat. So yes, it stings.

But hey, you get used to these things pretty quickly.