JumpTo – Best Context Menu Launcher
There are many launchers, which save you time and make you work faster with keyboard shortcuts. Yes again I’m talking about launchers, since they are the heart of a power user’s computer experience most power users can not live without a launcher of some kind, may it be a mouse based or a keyboard based one.
My favorite launcher when using keyboard is FARR (Find And Run Robot). FARR is absolutely a pleasure to use and fun too and it saves me a ton of time going through the start menu. I really love FARR when it comes to keyboard launchers.
Other types of launcher I prefer to keyboard based ones are the ones which launch folders and applications using a context menu entry. This is very useful if you are using a mouse all the time. Previously I was using FolderGuide which was simply superb except for a minor drawback, it only adds your folders as links in the context menu it doesn’t support adding applications, files and links.
FARR – The Best Launcher for Keyboard Maniacs
Nowadays there are a lot of application launchers like Objectdock, Rocketdock, Circledock, Launchy and finally FARR (Find And Run Robot). Most of the do not rely on mouse but some of them like Launchy and FARR can be used with the keyboard. Launchy has some problems installing in vista, but FARR was absolutely awesome. FARR can index the desktop, Start Menu and other areas you specify in your settings.
It has a wide array of options like custom skins, custom commands, application behavior settings and also application beauty settings. Just install and use No configurations needed. Just start the application and you will see the FARR icon in your System Tray, now to launch FARR jus press Pause Break key and start typing your app name, when you press ENTER key the first application entry in the search result is selected. Its as simple as that.
Microsoft Speed Launch
Microsoft Speed Launch is an application launcher which gives quick access to documents, web pages and simply to any type of file. This product is available at Microsoft Labs so its safe(should be safe) to use. Its a ?prototype? which means that its a project Microsoft employees work on their spare time.Only downside is that it doesn?t let you install without agreeing to send usage details to them. There is no details about what kind of data is sent but its said that the information used will not be used to identify the user in their privacy policy. (So if you are paranoid simply block access to it from the firewall). So far I?ve used it and it seems a very good and useful application.
