After transitioning from my Macbook to my Windows notebook (not by choice but by necessity), I was missing the power of Spotlight and Quicksilver greatly. I find it fascinating how Windows 7 and Launchy kind of share the relationship that Spotlight and Quicksilver did — similar in use, but very different in feel and different [...]
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We’ve previously covered Jumplist Launcher, a tool to launch applications quickly via Windows 7 taskbar, and FSL Launcher to remove desktop clutter by arranging all the desktop shortcuts in an organized manner and then launch them. Although Windows 7 introduced the “pin to taskbar” feature to put frequently used program shortcuts permanently on the taskbar, [...]
People use icons and shortcuts on desktop to launch applications and important files quickly. It saves time. But unfortunately, sometimes (in fact most of the times) it results in clutter. See the example of my own desktop (screenshot given below). You can see the pathetic condition of my desktop. My sheer laziness has caused it [...]
