Comments on: Save At Least 10 Minutes Every Day http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Tue, 22 May 2012 23:40:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138979 dan Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:12:19 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138979 Meredith: It looks like a taskbar quicklaunch on steroids, which is useful, but as you get more and more applications it can become hard to find them all. I suggest you give Launchy a try just to see if it's useful. I don't like to have too many programs running either, but once I started using Launchy I'll never go back. Meredith: It looks like a taskbar quicklaunch on steroids, which is useful, but as you get more and more applications it can become hard to find them all. I suggest you give Launchy a try just to see if it’s useful. I don’t like to have too many programs running either, but once I started using Launchy I’ll never go back.

]]> By: Meredith http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138977 Meredith Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:11:50 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138977 I just use the <a href="http://widgets.yahoo.com/widgets/shortcut-launcher" rel="nofollow">shortcut launcher</a> for Yahoo Widgets. I like how Launchy sounds, but I don't want another program - I prefer to integrate it with Yahoo Widgets. I just use the shortcut launcher for Yahoo Widgets. I like how Launchy sounds, but I don’t want another program – I prefer to integrate it with Yahoo Widgets.

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138907 dan Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:21:17 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138907 I tested Skylight out and it's decent, but I prefer Launchy. Skylight has some more features, but some of them didn't work. One of the things I really like about Launchy is that it just works. I can install it on a new machine and have it working in a minute or two. I tested Skylight out and it’s decent, but I prefer Launchy. Skylight has some more features, but some of them didn’t work. One of the things I really like about Launchy is that it just works. I can install it on a new machine and have it working in a minute or two.

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138843 dan Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:26:54 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138843 Gloria: Thanks for the pointer. I'll check Skylight out. Gloria: Thanks for the pointer. I’ll check Skylight out.

]]> By: Gloria Chen http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138841 Gloria Chen Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:49:18 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138841 I see, you are on Windows. This is the equivalent utility on PC. http://www.candylabs.com/Skylight/ I see, you are on Windows. This is the equivalent utility on PC.

http://www.candylabs.com/Skylight/

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138840 dan Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:31:29 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138840 Cameron: I started down that path too but soon realized it wouldn't scale. Every new application would need a keyboard shortcut. The beauty of Launchy is that it provides a shortcut to every application in the start menu, and then some, and you don't have to do anything. (Well, I don't like having things running in the background if I can help it, so I turn off the automatic reindexing and reindex when I install something new, but that's just me). Cameron: I started down that path too but soon realized it wouldn’t scale. Every new application would need a keyboard shortcut. The beauty of Launchy is that it provides a shortcut to every application in the start menu, and then some, and you don’t have to do anything. (Well, I don’t like having things running in the background if I can help it, so I turn off the automatic reindexing and reindex when I install something new, but that’s just me).

]]> By: Cameron http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138839 Cameron Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138839 I'll have to check this out. I hate lots of icons and I'm always looking for shortcuts. I will often assign keyboard shortcuts to certain applications (like ALT-F for firefox), but this could be useful. I’ll have to check this out. I hate lots of icons and I’m always looking for shortcuts. I will often assign keyboard shortcuts to certain applications (like ALT-F for firefox), but this could be useful.

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138838 dan Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:08:52 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138838 Gloria: I've heard of Quicksilver but never used it. Launchy runs on Windows though. Isn't Quicksilver Mac only? Gloria: I’ve heard of Quicksilver but never used it. Launchy runs on Windows though. Isn’t Quicksilver Mac only?

]]> By: Gloria Chen http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/comment-page-1/#comment-138835 Gloria Chen Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:29:06 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/2008/02/25/save-at-least-10-minutes-every-day/#comment-138835 How is this better than Quicksilver? Quicksilver not only launch software but also open files. How is this better than Quicksilver? Quicksilver not only launch software but also open files.

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