Your Say: How do you launch apps?

by Adrian Try posted in Your Say

Aug 30

2012

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Apps unleash the power of your computer. We collect dozens of them for different tasks. Some we leave running most of the day, and others we start up as we need.

How do you normally launch apps? Do you prefer to use the keyboard or mouse?

Do you use a special launcher like Quicksilver, Alfred, Launchy or Gnome-Do? Do you use the dock or desktop? Do you use the command line or Spotlight? Or can your computer just read your mind?

Check off as many methods as you use in the poll, and let us know the details in the comments.

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dtbaker on the 30th August

Using GNOME Do launched with Alt+Z shortcut. GNOME Do = the “run” prompt on steroids. Autocomplete anything from apps to chat contacts to desktop actions. Learns over time so you can launch your fav apps with 1 or 2 letters (eg: G = google chrome, F = firefox, FZ = filezilla).

Also Alt+X launches terminal. Don’t really use the point-and-click linux mint launcher menu for anything besides logging out.

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- dtbaker on the 30th August
  
  edit: dup post? http://notes.envato.com/your-say/your-say-how-do-you-launch-apps/
- Adrian Try on the 30th August
  
  Hi Dave. Not quite a dup. I’m going back over some of the popular older posts, and adding a poll. It’s amazing how much extra input you get with a poll! Thanks for commenting.
Montreal App Development on the 30th August

We use the Command+Space and enter the first letters of the app name on the Mac. Try it.

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Justin on the 31st August

Just windows start menu, nothing fancy. Docks and all those special tools use too many resources than they’re worth.

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