Launchy
Over the past few weeks, I have been looking at my productivity and how it can be improved. One tool that I have found to be very useful is named Launchy. This little tool acts much like the coveted Mac application named QuickSilver but for Windows. Finally, I have found a productivity tool for Windows that deserves some recognition.
By default, you use the ALT+SPACE hotkey to bring Launchy to the foreground. Otherwise, Launchy sits in the background and waits for you to query it with this keystroke.
Anyhow, I'd like to describe some of the features of Launchy that I find very useful.
- Indexing - It can index applications, folders, docs, pdfs, avis, etc. and then you search for them and press enter to run it.
- Custom Commands - You can create aliases for your favorite commands. It even supports arguments for your commands.
- Calculator - Its a calculator.
- Control Panel Indexer - It can index the shortcuts within the control panel.
- Google Calculator - It prodives quick access to Google's calculator functionality.
- Verbs - It allows for arguements for to any indexed item.
- Web Search - Allows for easy web searches. It also allows you to set up yuor own custom web searches. Personally, I have one for JIRA and our WIKI at work.
If you know of any other features or want to share some of your features with me, please add a comment to this posting.