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Nice little tools – Issue #1

Published by Esteban Glas on November 29th, 2007 | This post lacks all category except for: Betas

Every once in a while there is a discovery. You install a tool so nice and simple that you keep wondering how you did things before you ever found it. That was the case with Launchy and me. I’ve gotten so quickly used to it that whenever I use a PC that’s not my own I have the reflex to hit the keyboard combination that kick-starts the tool.

But what is it? It is a program launcher and file launcher for windows. You associate a keyboard shortcut to it (Alt + Space Bar in my case) which opens a dialog:

You start typing the name of what you want to launch, hit enter and voila! There it is. I personally hate the start button and desktop icons, so this is a real time saver for me. All I need to do is remember the name of what I want to start next.

As if this weren’t enough you get to search google, and other sites, use the embedded calculator, check for the weather, all just by typing a few commands.

Have I mentioned it has a plug-in architecture as well that allows the tool to be extended?

Don’t you want to give it a try?

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