Fast program opener?

[1Zovirax]

Well I was at a friend of me and he opened programs with a simple click on his keyboard. I asked him how he did that and he said he had this programs where you can these setting to fast open a program.
F.e. when he pressed 'F', Firefox opened.

So, do any of you guys now what this programs is called?

 

[plinden]

Why don't you ask your friend?

I don't think I like the idea of Firefox opening every time I press the 'F' key - damn, it opened Firefox four times there ... crap, three more times.

I suspect he may have been using Quicksilver ... I believe you can set keyboard shortcuts with it.

 

[NickD]

I use Quicksilver, and it's the best/fastest launcher I've ever used. Check it out!

 

[whatevs]

I really like LaunchBar. it's not free, but totally worth it.

 

[misterredman]

I use quicksilver too. Can do much more than launch programs.

http://www.blacktree.com/

 

[robbieduncan]

You can also just use Spotlight. Command-Space and type a few letters from the program name. Assuming spotlight finds the correct app as it's "Top Hit" just hit enter to launch (or switch to it if it's already running)