Comments on: Launchy: Take Me To My App

By: syahidali

syahidali — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:53:53 +0000

You should try out FARR by Mouser on DonationCoder. Super configurable.

By: Weekly Link Post 53 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog

Weekly Link Post 53 « Rhonda Tipton’s WebLog — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:26:19 +0000

[...] Worker Daily has a good review of Launchy. I use a combination of Launchy and SlickRun on all of my [...]

By: The House Of Flying Links | Programmer's Log

The House Of Flying Links | Programmer's Log — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:54:27 +0000

[...] Launchy – Windows and Linux When I had to use Windows Vista I used Launchy instead of the built-in search and it was really good. There is also a Linux version, so Alt-Space becomes your shortcut to the world. [...]

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:45:46 +0000

I am a SlickRun guy in and out. I have it mapped to WinKey+R and I can't work without it. Here's a post for adding a MagicWord to quicksend email using gmail: http://blog.gadodia.net/quick-send-gmail-using-slickrun/

By: Scott Blitstein

Scott Blitstein — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:06:18 +0000

I’m a big fan of Launchy, the beauty of it being so simple and also so powerful. As a launcher it’s fantastic, but it is capable of so much more.

I hate sitting down at a new PC and getting no response to my alt-space.

I haven’t tried SlickRun but it sounds interesting, I’ll give that a look.

By: Michael Thompson

Michael Thompson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:42:53 +0000

You’d do well to re-map Launchy’s key bindings to Win+Space (or Super+Space, if you’re under Linux).

Alt+Space is traditionally used for managing the current window.

By: sharfah

sharfah — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:34:07 +0000

I use SlickRun which is much better than Launchy.
- Launchy has a bloated interface – why do you need such a big window anyway?!.
- It doesn’t allow me to quickly set up new “magic words” using an “eye dropper” to select an application ala SlickRun.
- It adds all my files so if I type Firefox, I get links to Firefox Central, Firefox Start Page etc.
- It can’t display the current date/time when not in use.
- And its slow!

I’ll be sticking to SlickRun, thanks.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:31:41 +0000

Glad to see launchy coverage! I think the biggest thing to remember is that it can launch any type of file. I love using it to create shortcuts to scripts or other custom code.

By: Sherif

Sherif — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:42:40 +0000

I use Launchy every day. Its great and perfect for time-saving tasks. I do thinks like create shortcuts to sites where I want to search via the HTTP GET parameters. Its just perfect for things like this.

What amazes me the most is how command-line interfaces are back in! A lot of people would rather type what they want than click around and find it. I found this very interesting: http://blog.sherifmansour.com/?p=86

Command line is back!