Dock bar

This is the left-side bar where all of your favorite applications are located. You can easily add/remove/re-organize them from here (right click an icon for more options).

Not only that, but you can customize this Dock Bar in any way you want: you can move it to any corner of the screen, hide it in an “intelligent” mode, change its size and color, make it transparent, change what happens when you click a favorite application or add keyboard shortcuts to interact with the Dock. Pretty much make it the way you prefer.

To access these options simply right click the Dash (bottom of the Dock, the little “dots”), then “Dash to Dock Settings”.