Version 5.5:
• Added full support for spring-loaded folders.
• Added cool effects when switching between layers including fades, zooms, spins, and wipes.
• Added a restricted "Classroom Mode" designed for using DragThing in a lab, classroom, or home environment.
• Added support for editing text clippings stored in docks.
• Added an option to hide the DragThing icon in the Apple Dock.
• Added an option to keep specific items permanently listed in the Process Dock.
• Added an option to disable all menu keyboard shortcuts.
• Added an option to show the count displayed on application icons at the end of the item name.
• Added an option to choose the font and size used for text in clipping windows.
• Added an option to only activate hot spots with the mouse button down.

• Eclipse is now listed in the Process Dock.
• Finder labels are now displayed in folder contents contextual menus.
• File information is now displayed in the preview contextual menus.
• Improved the File menu and dock contextual menus to make it easier to add items to docks.
• Updated unread message count support for the latest versions of SpamSieve, NetNewsWire, PowerMail, and Eudora.
• The running application indicator is now drawn using the dock text colour.
• The Script menu now supports aliases to folders.
• The "Contextual Menu Items" folder in the Scripts folder now supports aliases.
• Application icons can now display negative numbers returned by scripts.
• Changing the visibility settings for one dock no longer affects the visibility of other docks.
• You can now set custom "Open With" applications for files with no default application.
• DragThing now recognises URL clipping files created by Safari.
• DragThing now recognises AppleScript files without type and creator information.
• Clipping names are preserved when dragging to and from the Finder.
• Clippings are now given more descriptive names.
• The correct cursor is displayed when dragging a clipping file or URL to a dock.
• The "Quit" and "Force Quit" contextual menu commands now include the name of the application.
• Highlighting of hidden applications in other docks no longer requires the Process Dock to be showing.
• Added AppleScript properties to docks, layers, and items to get the index and ID of a given object.
• Added AppleScript properties to windows to get the dock, layer, or item object the window is associated with.
• Creating a dock or layer via AppleScript will return the new object.
• Application icon counts now draw correctly if the "Helvetica-Bold" font is missing.
• DragThing will now notice if an item has changed when you open it, and update the icon and version information.

• Fixed a problem with application icon counts not being displayed.
• Fixed a problem where only one item was replaced when dragging multiple items to a folder in a dock.
• Fixed a problem with applications staying in the Process Dock after they had quit unexpectedly.
• Fixed a problem with Hot Spots unexpectedly activating when the mouse button was released over one.
• Fixed a problem with contextual menu scripts opening rather than running.
• Fixed a problem setting layer styles via AppleScript.
• Fixed a problem dragging to some applications like Fetch.
• Fixed a problem searching for missing items with locked or read-only docks.
• Fixed a problem adding certain applications to the lists in the Preferences and Dock Options.
• Fixed a problem deleting clipping items which had been made from URL items.
• Fixed a problem setting colour or texture names to an empty string.
• Fixed a problem setting the selection via AppleScript.
• Fixed a problem importing items without a type or creator from XML dock files.
• Fixed an error message when dragging a dock item to a locked disk.
• Fixed white flash when showing DragThing.
• Fixed drawing problems in thousands of colours.
• Fixed icons in the Sounds section of the Preferences window.
• Fixed a crash when getting clipping data via AppleScript for an item that wasn't a clipping.