Comments on: 21 Windows Apps – Launchy

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:45:12 +0000

Launchy is always quicker than using the mouse. Always. And when your app list gets larger you can text-search it instead of hunting for icons.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:12:00 +0000

Is this quicker than having program shortcuts in the taskbar? If you have to have a program running in the background and upon startup, wouldn’t it be more efficient to have most used programs as shortcuts on the taskbar?

I may try this though to see for myself once I get my new PC from work.

By: Rich Menga

Rich Menga — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:08:52 +0000

Well it’s primary function is an application launcher (hence the name), but yes there is the built-in calculator (calcy), built-in file browser (explory) and some other goodies besides that. It can even be configured to sent out Twitter updates.

By: Greg Wicks

Greg Wicks — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:33:03 +0000

I back you up on this one Rich, after you told me about it on Ustream.tv, I have been addicted to it.

Can’t Launchy do more than just programs? I think you can select what it indexes in the options.