Tag Results For: application launcher

2012-04-12_12-36-38.jpg

minWE: Access Windows Explorer Contents From Quick Launch Bar

Previously, we have reviewed some very useful application launchers that allow you to easily launch applications either by adding them to a toolbar or specifying their shortcut path. Famulus, a previously covered app, lets you  launch files as well as websites using hotkeys, while Windows 7 App Launcher lets you effortlessly create application profiles so [...] (more…)

2012-03-26_15-25-16.png

Famulus: Launch Applications, Files/Folders & Websites via Custom Hotkeys

Previously, we have covered some very good application launchers, such as CianoDock and Zum for Windows, Chuck and Namely for Mac and  Gnome Pie for Ubuntu. They all work awesomely and provide you with either a beautiful interface, or increased capability. However, their functionality is limited to accessing only applications. Famulus is another portable application [...] (more…)

mouse-gestures-3.png

MouseWrangler: Launch Applications & Replace Lengthy Hotkeys With Mouse Gestures

Ever wanted to use a simple mouse gesture application that doesn’t force you to draw complex shapes to perform the tasks? MouseWrangler lets you associate the combination of 4 simple mouse movements, including right, left, up, and down with defined hotkey (single or multiple keystrokes) to perform any application-specific action, as well as with application [...] (more…)

typertask-main.png

TyperText: Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Launch Apps & Perform Text Expansion

Looking for a text expansion utility that can save you from hours of typing and lessen the effort involved in performing routine tasks, such as launching application, running scripts, visiting websites etc? TyperText is an application that comes packed with an overly simply, yet powerful text expander and application launcher. All you need is to specify [...] (more…)

SliderDock.jpg

SliderDock Now Allows Customizing Rotation & Animation Quality

Back in 2009, we reviewed SliderDock, which is a stylish application launcher for accessing applications and websites by selecting them from a rotating ring (via the mouse wheel). What caught our eye back then was its unique UI, which provides a number of customization options for creating application/website shortcuts. Since our review, SliderDock has been updated [...] (more…)

Gnome-Pie-Shortcuts.jpg

Gnome Pie Is A Hotkey Based Application Launcher For Ubuntu

Gnome Pie is a unique application launcher for Ubuntu Linux that uses keyboard hotkeys for displaying application launching menus. It has been inspired from the Opie Radial add-on for World of Warcraft game, and provides a number of skins for displaying shortcuts. The numerous hotkeys display different kind of shortcuts; control media playback, access favorite [...] (more…)

Drag-and-drop.jpg

AeroJump Is Jump List Style Tabbed Application Launcher

AeroJump is a Jump List style application launcher to manage and launch application, file and folder shortcuts. You can add an item to AeroJump with simple drag & drop and create multiple tabs with upto 20 shortcuts each (within AeroJump). You create and name tabs which may help you easily locate and launch items. As [...] (more…)

Clipboard01.jpg

Get Mac OS X Lion Launchpad In Windows 7 With iPad Launcher

If you are an iPad or Mac OS X Lion user and want a Launchpad on Windows 7, have a look at iPad Launcher For Win7. Even though this app launcher doesn’t give you Mac Lion’s Launchpad looks and functions, like swiping applications across the screen, etc. You can pretty much tinker around with its looks by adjusting [...] (more…)

maths.jpg

Launcher Speeds Up The Way You Work On Mac [App Launcher]

Most application launchers are developed to quickly initiate system search, launch applications, open files, documents, images, play media files, etc., but Launcher, apart from providing quick system search, lets you speed up the way of performing different tasks. Launcher offers a handy query panel which works on the idea of giving quick access to not only [...] (more…)

chuck-1.jpg

Chuck Is Lightweight, Minimalist And Fast Application Launcher For Mac

If you use a heavy indexing based application launcher that, at times, takes too much of your system resources, including CPU time and memory, to index file paths, application folder, and other system locations, then it’s time to switch to quick, elegant, and a light-weight application launcher, called Chuck. (more…)

Ubuntu-VMware-Workstation_2011-06-11_17-27-37.jpg

Slingshot Brings Mac OS X Style LaunchPad To Ubuntu Linux

In the wake of the new Mac launcher, imitation apps are showing up for other operating systems to replicate the functionality of the Mac OS X Launchpad. One recent example for is JumpPad, which is mean to provide the Launchpad functionality in Windows. But if you would like to get this functionality in Ubuntu, then you [...] (more…)

alauch-6.jpg

aLaunch – Create Groups For Apps To Access Them From Mac Menu Bar

aLaunch is an application launcher for Mac, designed to create a list of apps which can be accessed from system menu bar. You can create different profiles for set of applications, documents and music folders, so you wont have to look through frustratingly long menu for any required application. (more…)

insight-3.jpg

InsightSearch Is Multi-Purpose Windows 7 Search Tool And App Launcher

Want to search an item within Windows search results but hate to scroll through all the search pages for the required item? It becomes quite a annoyance when Windows 7 search shows a great number of files against one search keyword, leaving user to manually find an item from the result list. Even though Windows [...] (more…)

mad-app-launcher.jpg

MadAppLauncher Adds Up To 300 Applications, Scripts, Folders, etc To Access Them Quickly

The utility of application launchers can’t be underestimated, as they provide users with quickest method to perform several Windows functions, run scripts, and to launch applications. A variety of application launchers are available with relative set of features and ways to launch apps. From all the application launchers we have seen in the past, MadAppLauncher [...] (more…)

Cairo-Dock.jpg

Cairo Dock Is A Mac Style Dock For Ubuntu Linux

Unity has no doubt added eye-candy to the Ubuntu desktop, however, it has also made it slightly more recourse intensive. Moreover, there have been functionality issues associated with Unity. A better alternative can be to use Cairo Dock (also known as GLX Dock). It is a Mac style dock for Ubuntu, which has now been [...] (more…)