Saturday, March 12, 2011
App launcher for Windows
Hi Foxes!
I was looking for some software like dmenu under linux, but for windows. Here is my google result :
I was looking for some software like dmenu under linux, but for windows. Here is my google result :
reviews
- a quick presentation of 10 app launcher tools for windows
- a comparison from wikipedia
- comparison between keybreeze and FARR : usage memory
URLs
- Find And Run Robot (FARR)
- toolbox
- keybreeze seems to be light and efficient. Fully open source.
- MCL and a comment
- executor and a comment about it
- appetizer
Too heavy ones
- colibri
- slickrun
- blaze seems to be very heavy. Plis this link point out an interesting point of view about non using such tool on windows (look at the emerge desktop comment). Open source.
- Enso is free but using a lot of memory
- docs solutions
interesting alternative on Windows
You can use a specific pop up menu with the right clikc mouse, like on emerge desktope or bblean.To link macro with keystrokes
autohotkey is open source, works well with keybreeze according to comparison between keybreeze and FARR : usage memory (same link that earlier, I know).To conclude, I will not install such software, because there are using to much memory. I would like to install Find And Run Robot (FARR), but it is not open source. So, you can pass your way about such tools if you want to save some memory usage, or wait for something like dmenu
Labels: app, application, bblean, blaze, colibri, dmenu, emerge desktop, farr, find and run robot, keybreeze, keystroke, launcher, launchy, popsel
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Alternative shell for windows
Hi foxes!
If you are using a netbook as I do, you should have a look at the alternative shell for windows, which are supposed to be :
1. lighter in memory usage,
2. fully customizable (nice for any geek).
Here are the most interesting ones, still in developement and open source :
Emerge Desktop (aka ED) Last update February 2011.
LiteStep and a french distribution. Last update April 2009.
BBLean which is a port from Blabckblox from unix. Last update december 2009.
The wikipedia page with a list of window shell replacement, and another page with kind of the same list.
If you are using a netbook as I do, you should have a look at the alternative shell for windows, which are supposed to be :
1. lighter in memory usage,
2. fully customizable (nice for any geek).
Here are the most interesting ones, still in developement and open source :
Emerge Desktop (aka ED) Last update February 2011.
LiteStep and a french distribution. Last update April 2009.
BBLean which is a port from Blabckblox from unix. Last update december 2009.
The wikipedia page with a list of window shell replacement, and another page with kind of the same list.
Labels: bblean, ed, emergedesktop, explorer, litestep, shell, shell replacement, windows
