Comments on: A hopeful Quicksilver alternative for Windows

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:25:43 +0000

SuperLauncher should be mentioned. SuperLauncher launches applications with hotkeys or one click of the mouse but the twist about it is that you add new shortcuts by drag and drop. You simlpy drag and drop applications, websites, files, or folders, and wizards guide you through adding hotkeys or one-click shortcuts.

I use it and I recommend it.

You can find SuperLauncher here: http://www.pcwinsoft.com/superlauncher/download.asp http://www.pcwinsoft.com/superlauncher/

Best, Alex

By: Dalb

Dalb — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:00:15 +0000

Overall my experience was disappointing. In addition to all the features named in he article that are lacking, the search facility is also severely lacking. It will only index files particular types of files (e.g., *.txt, *.doc files). For those of us who aren't resigned to MS Word and Textfiles, this arbitrary limitation is extremely frustrating.

Perhaps I'll have better luck with Colibri.

By: midbach

midbach — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:25:34 +0000

I went to the site and was put off by the odd install procedure; there’s no way to download an exe. I’m not interested in an installer launching before I’ve had a change to examine the file.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:03:40 +0000

There's always Launchy, a Quicksilver alternative. Lifehacker has some articles written about it too.

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:34:06 +0000

Humanized makes a similar product called Enso. They also run a blog on interaction design. Coincidentally, the most recent post compares Enso to Quicksilver. They seem like smart people. Check them out.