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I admit it – I’m lazy. I hate it when I’m working in a program – let’s say Firefox – and I want to go check out a document in Adobe Acrobat because it means that I need to go to the Start bar on my machine, find the program and then wait for it to load.
Valuable seconds off my day, and an increase in my blood pressure. I hate to wait. Really, really hate it.
Now as if on cue, a program called Launchy falls into my lap. Install it on your computer and quickly launch any program by calling up Launchy using ALT+SPACE. A dialog box pops up on screen and you type in what you want to launch; as you type, Launchy tries to anticipate the program you’re looking for.
Want to bring up Firefox? Just call up Launchy and type F-I-R and suddenly your Firefox icon pops up. Hit ENTER and presto – there it is!
I know my Mac readers will jump in to let me know that they’ve had this tool for quite some time. I’m aware of Quicksilver, but Launchy is the way for us Windoze users to feel as if we’re nearly as cool as our Mac counterparts.
By the way – Launchy is expected to be ported to Linux at some point in the future, so fingers crossed for those of you using Ubuntu and other Linux distros.
Thanks to TechnoEsq for pointing out this terrific timesaver.
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