Tag: APPLICATION-LAUNCHER

There are dozens of keyboard application launchers for Windows. Most let you launch a program by pulling up a text input screen and typing the first few letters of the application name, whether it's Firefox, Office, or the system control panel. It's often a lot faster than locating the correct shortcut with a mouse and the Windows Start Menu. ControlPad also lets you launch applications using ...

Just as with Launchy or Gnome Do, there's not a heck of a lot to see in a screenshot of Blaze's main window. The orange-ish command box really only gives a glimpse as to what's possible with Blaze, however. For starters, it's smart enough to find what you're looking for even if you should happen to stumble over your keys a bit (e.g. the butchered Photoshop entry above). Lurking behind the scenes ...

There are plenty of dock-style applications launchers for Windows. But most have one thing in common: You anchor them to the top, bottom, or side of the screen and then scroll your mouse over that portion of the screen to bring up a list of applications. Circle Dock is different, because this free application launcher it appears where your mouse already is instead of making you move your mouse. ...

While you can launch some Windows applications from the Run box (accessible from the Start Menu or by hitting Win+R), there's a good reason keyboard application launchers like Launchy, Slickrun, and Find and Run Robot are so popular. Many programs cannot be launched from the Windows Run box, and even those that can often have odd and hard to remember shortcut names. But Short Run makes it a ...