A Better Finder Launcher allows you to simply press the Control-Command-L keyboard combination and start typing the name of the application. After only the first few letters A Better Finder Launcher will have narrowed down the matching application names to asingle one; then simply hit the return key to launch the application.
What's new in A Better Finder Launcher
Version 2.2.1:
Fixes a minor preferences bug.
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Took forever to "index" my computer's applications. Similar apps did this in a couple of seconds and were done.
I hate to image how slow the rest of this app was. I didn't wait for it to finish indexing.
can someone explain to me how this is any different than using spotlight?
if you're going to name this app "A Better Finder..." something, it should at least be better than the finder's own method of doing it. clearly, this isn't.
Why reinvent the wheel? This has been done at least three times by extremely full-featured apps, two of which are free. I just don't see the point when you've got the likes of Quicksilver, Butler and Launchbar to compete with.
LaunchBar was the first launcher for Mac OS X I have heard about (even before QuickSilver and others), and am very happy with its performance.
With all due respect to all the rest of launchers, I'll keep supporting LB.
i definitely prefer launchbar, but for a 1.0 release and a fourth of the cost, this app has its merits. at the least, it is visually interesting and features will likely be expanded in the future. one annoyance is the frequency of the shareware reminder which doesn't allow one to get a usability feel for any length of time.
If you prefer "Command-Space", you can change the hot key combination in the "System Preferences..." pane. Version 1.0b6 only takes a few seconds for indexing. I very much appreciate feedback so please feel free to contact me with suggestions at reiff@publicspace.net.
Took forever to "index" my computer's applications. Similar apps did this in a couple of seconds and were done.
I hate to image how slow the rest of this app was. I didn't wait for it to finish indexing.
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