Comments on: Blatant Plug For A Program I Like http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like Patrick McKenzie (patio11) blogs on software development, marketing, and general business topics Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Launchy Lover http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-504 Launchy Lover Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:19:57 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-504 Here is the web site of Launchy: http://www.launchy.net/ Here is the web site of Launchy:

http://www.launchy.net/

]]> By: Launchy Lover http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-505 Launchy Lover Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:14:36 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-505 I love the open source program Launchy. It has a large advantage over Direct Access: With Launchy, you don't have to define anything. It uses the shortcuts already present in your Start Menu, the documents already in My Documents (if you configure it to index *.DOC files in your My Documents), etc. Wanna start MS Word? Just type CTRL+Space and type "word". It will find the shortcut.. now hit enter, and Word runs. Perhaps you want to open that "TO DO List.doc" document.. no problemo.. hit CTRL+Space and type "TO DO" .. or just "DO".. and hit enter. .. and all this, with very little configuration. The approach of Direct Access is different. You define a shortcut which runs Word. And then, after 3 days, you forget about the shortcut. :) With Launchy, if you remember how a program is called, or a part of the name, you can invoke it with that fiendishly clever CTRL+Space, and without spending time on configuring the program. Patrick likes Direct Access because he has a certain personality trait: he has a lot of patience and takes his time to do things. His blog and the way he develops software clearly show this. This is a very positive personality trait. However, most people don't have the patience to configure programs, forget everything quickly and want results now, now, now. For these people, Launchy is a better alternative. I love the open source program Launchy. It has a large advantage over Direct Access: With Launchy, you don’t have to define anything. It uses the shortcuts already present in your Start Menu, the documents already in My Documents (if you configure it to index *.DOC files in your My Documents), etc.

Wanna start MS Word? Just type CTRL+Space and type “word”. It will find the shortcut.. now hit enter, and Word runs.

Perhaps you want to open that “TO DO List.doc” document.. no problemo.. hit CTRL+Space and type “TO DO” .. or just “DO”.. and hit enter.

.. and all this, with very little configuration.

The approach of Direct Access is different. You define a shortcut which runs Word. And then, after 3 days, you forget about the shortcut. :)

With Launchy, if you remember how a program is called, or a part of the name, you can invoke it with that fiendishly clever CTRL+Space, and without spending time on configuring the program.

Patrick likes Direct Access because he has a certain personality trait: he has a lot of patience and takes his time to do things. His blog and the way he develops software clearly show this. This is a very positive personality trait.

However, most people don’t have the patience to configure programs, forget everything quickly and want results now, now, now.

For these people, Launchy is a better alternative.

]]> By: rhubarb http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-503 rhubarb Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:26:45 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-503 After reading your blog entry I tried out the similar freeware program linky. Then a friend pointed out you could do the same - use the keyboard for launching programs - with Windows Desktop Search, which I already had installed. In fact WDS makes it easy to add new shortcuts - type the program name in the search box, when it finds it select it and hit Ctrl-S, then enter a short cut for that program. Do you find you use the program launch feature or the other shortcut features more in DA? After reading your blog entry I tried out the similar freeware program linky. Then a friend pointed out you could do the same – use the keyboard for launching programs – with Windows Desktop Search, which I already had installed.
In fact WDS makes it easy to add new shortcuts – type the program name in the search box, when it finds it select it and hit Ctrl-S, then enter a short cut for that program.

Do you find you use the program launch feature or the other shortcut features more in DA?

]]> By: Andrea Nagar http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-507 Andrea Nagar Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:11:14 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-507 I've updated a report of the Bits du Jour sale at http://blog.nagarsoft.com/2006/10/11/direct-access-on-bits-du-jour-report/ I’ve updated a report of the Bits du Jour sale at
http://blog.nagarsoft.com/2006/10/11/direct-access-on-bits-du-jour-report/

]]> By: Andrea Nagar’s Blog - Small Business technological experience at Nagarsoft » Direct Access on Bits du Jour report http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-506 Andrea Nagar’s Blog - Small Business technological experience at Nagarsoft » Direct Access on Bits du Jour report Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:06:25 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-506 [...] a post from the Direct Access lover Patrick McKenzie on his blog telling about the promotion [...] [...] a post from the Direct Access lover Patrick McKenzie on his blog telling about the promotion [...]

]]> By: Joshua Volz http://www.kalzumeus.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-502 Joshua Volz Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:54:12 +0000 http://microisvjournal.wordpress.com/2006/10/10/blatant-plug-for-a-program-i-like/#comment-502 Seriously, this program is like crack, you just have to have it once you tried it even once. I learned about it from this blog, and I have been using it ever since. Good find Patrick. Seriously, this program is like crack, you just have to have it once you tried it even once. I learned about it from this blog, and I have been using it ever since. Good find Patrick.

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