HARDCAT  F10 Launch studio has been around for ages, Version 1 was very slick and stood out from other launchers. F10 felt good, was easy to set up and only took over the screen when activated and disappeared when not needed. For me it's biggest strength was the ability to group applications as required by the user. I had groups for Office, Internet, imaging, projects and so on. Grouping applications in this manner allows one to quickly bring up F10 and go straight to the application required. Version 2 of F10 has seen an great deal of good development. the application again looks very modern and offers interaction with application files. Setting up F10 is again easy and not time consuming, applications not required can be filtered out. For reasons only known to the developers grouping applications has been reduced to a single row in selectable tabs with all applications remaining visible above the row. This change has for me greatly reduced the capability and desirability of what should be an excellent application. If it Isn't Broken, Don't Fix It comes to mind, because in this instance that is exactly what has happened. Design of function is also true here. For what it's worth F10 users should unite and ask the very nice developers to look again at bring back the much loved full screen grouping of applications.   
(Version 2.2)

BINARYPACKRAT  I WANT to like the new version because I just purchased it. HOWEVER: These are my first impressions after digging around in it for a day. I am very disappointed as it seems now that it is just a GLORIFIED . There is no way that I see to "build Sets" of icon groups the way the old version did by filling the entire screen. That WAS the reason I used F10 in the first place. Now, the only way I see to build sets of icons IE: INTERNET= Safari, Transmit, Mail is to drag them to the new "Dock" I don't want "Docks" I want similar groups of large icons on my main screen-Not all of them unless I click on the tab the way it used to be that said ALL. Am I missing something Here??? Bummer.   
(Version 2.1)

GAKESMITH  Bad memory leak: after running for 5 minutes on my Intel iMac, it uses 256MB of real and 1.4GB virtual memory when in the background.   
(Version 2.0)

EIRIKOP  Version 2 doesn't launch for me - I don't even get an error message, and there's nothing in Activity View. I'm on a Mac Pro with 10.5.5. There's nothing on the Chronos web site for troubleshooting the app, and I'm not signing up with them to file an error report.

Chronos peeps - I'm sorry. I did *try* to explore your software. I'll try it again when you release 2.1.  
(Version 2.0)

MARKSPURR  Same problems as others are having. Dialog box pops up for a second that says “invalid File Name” then nothing happens???  
(Version 2.0)

GAKESMITH  This works well for me. But it needs some way to stay at the keyboard when choosing a document from the document sidebar. Until then, LaunchBar or QuickSilver are far more efficient to use plus they both have many more features.   
(Version 2.0)

FRANCOLA  When launched a window pops up for half a second that says "invalid file name" and then no launch, no window, no nothing! Might need some more work...  
(Version 2.0)

JACKO  Be sure and check the documents pane out on this before you purchase or upgrade. Although it seems like a great feature, there appears to be some garbled text and messed up graphics at the top where it's trying to show me the document count. I've sent a message to the developer. My only other beef is that when you have a lot of applications the icons refreshing a bit slowly. Other than these things, it looks like an improvement to the previous version.  
(Version 2.0)

BINARYPACKRAT  I love this app. As a matter of fact it is the best launch app on the Mac (for me). HOWERVER it does not work in all spaces. Just in one desktop. Darn.   
(Version 1.5.1)

HAL2007  One of the most elegant launchers available for Mac OS X. Quick and versatile and - not to forget - beautiful. To value this, they should really update their screenshots on the website. And the default key F10 is also a bad choice for systems utilizing Exposé... So I suggest a change of name, too. Other than that, it's a fine piece of software that honors Mac OS X's visual style.  
(Version 1.5.1)

HARDCAT  I have just downloaded this to see if I would like it. The reviews are positive and the product information on the developer's site looks very good. I installed it and launched it. This is a new version and is compatible with PPC/Intel Macs. I have an iBook G4. This software will not launch and a message informs me the software will not run on my Architecture.

I would normally contact the developer direct to address this. However their site seems to only offer paid support at $10 per incident.

I assume their maybe an issue with compatibility on PPC machines. I have no problems with any other software.

I will try this when this is addressed or someone is able to explain what the issue might be.  
(Version 1.5.1)

A NONY MOUSE  This is the most elegant way to launch your apps. Way cool!  
(Version 1.5)

FRANKS  The best application of its kind. A real time saver. You no longer need to search you hard drive for that seldom used application, file, or folder. Use it for 30-days and you won't want to be without it.  
(Version 1.5)

GUNNAR WALL  Great program, it is hard to get by without it once you have had it. Very versatile, fast and trouble free...  
(Version 1.2)