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Post your Application Launcher.

Samarium

Samarium

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Hello everyone. I got a new thread today. Post your Application Launcher and why do you use/like it.

Sapiens 1.1
-> I like it because it has a nice user interface and can activate it from anywhere on the screen/space. It also has a neat search feature, without mentioning, it "predicts" what app you will open, and shows it in the middle of it.
 
Quicksilver

I use Quicksilver. I like it because it is lightweight, and has plugins for many tedious tasks other than application launching. And I love the Abracadabra feature. Unfortunately, I think any new development (like a Spaces plugin would be beautiful with mouse gestures) is dead, and I'm looking for something else that has similar features.
 
Butler for me. I've customized it so heavily that I can't imagine using anything else.

- Search multiple engines with a single keystroke
- pause Quicktime from any application
- force drives to unmount
- find most used folders quickly
- pause iTunes
- single keystroke to sleep
- single keystroke to switch users
 
Sapiens looks very cool and im sure a lot of people love using it but its just not for me.

i like simple stuff and will usually just use the stock OS features as theyre already there. so i use the Dock mostly, Spotlight and an Application stack set in list mode.

atm after the Dock i use the Application Stack as its faster than Spotlight as im only on 1 GB of Memory (a stick died). just click type and press enter!
 
Spotlight +1

Been trying to get myself to use QuickSilver, but it has some problems with Leopard, and does seem being abandoned...
 
Quicksilver all the way. Can't function without it.
 

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My Dock.

Seriously, I just keep my Applications folder on the right hand side of the Dock dividing line, and click my mouse on it for a short second, then select my app. What could be easier?
 
dirt farmer said:
My Dock.

Seriously, I just keep my Applications folder on the right hand side of the Dock dividing line, and click my mouse on it for a short second, then select my app. What could be easier?
Click to expand...

I agree with this too. I use Spotlight to launch apps if my fingers are on the keyboard in the touch-type position; but if my hand is on the mouse or the trackpad, it's faster to click the app in the Dock.
 
I just use my applications folder as a stack in my dock. I don't want to get attached or dependant on something that I can't necessarily have on every Mac I use, if that makes any sense.
 
Spotlight for me, which I use to launch applications and open frequently-accessed files.
 
This thread is a few weeks old (after having been resurrected from its March grave)...yadda yadda yadda


...I use Spotlight but I'm interested in trying out LaunchBar. I tried to use QS but couldn't get into it other than launching apps.
 
Launchbar just came out with a new version 5 beta that adds some nice features you folks may want to check out.
 
I use cmd + space works really great ;) And no need to install any additional apps ;)
 
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