Launchy Alternative Google: QSB
small and fast
Many people know Launchy as a brisk starter program via keyboard. However Launchy provides at least by default pretty much "unimportant". And take advantage of the whole plugin tricks, you have to fiddle quite a lot. Google's new "Quick Search Bar" brings the other hand, "out of the box" clear results. How to install the part, down to a few moments. Previously, however, another another little thing:
With "Hab.la" you can set up a "mini-Support Messenger" on its own website, for example, via Digsby or Pidgin can maintain. He takes little space on the page (at the bottom right Hab.la the black rectangle).
Back to QSB:
If I understood correctly, QSB is part of Google Toolbar 6 Beta, which is currently only good to have for Internet Explorer - but that does nothing. Man has to fire up IE just 1 for the installation and the URL call. Click on the Install button, done. After that, the IE can be closed. For the activation of QSB is the keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + Spacebar" jurisdiction - that you can not change, as usual. Because of this combination is on my Launchy, I QSB for the "2 x CTRL" have taken.
Rest as usual - you type the first letter of his desired software program, a URL or a search term. Like Launchy "learns" QSB also this: If at first the program you want is further down the list, it moves upward with time. Very clearly, I think the symbols chosen - you can see quickly whether it is for example to their own bookmarks.
For those using IE, the installation takes a few more sweets: for example, now appears in IE when opening a new tab, a page of most popular links, etc. - built like Chrome.
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QSB is portable, usable?
Is it possible to invoke programs with parameters QSB?
(Above tab)
Example: iexplore> http://www.maennerseiten.de
Can it be installed without the toolbar?
QSB can be expected? If so, even with comma ie 3.2 * 7 and not as launchy 3.2 * 7?
Why Launchy provides you with a lot of garbage?
Just leave everything and the *. Read lnk files from a folder.
Surely you must then create the folder itself, but also has the advantage that the software runs very fast.
That's right, what you say - but every tool should have its own target audience. QSB is just one thing that should be enough for many "normal" users completely. And Launchy is for those who want to make "more" and are willing to take this "learning time". I guess everyone realizes by itself, with which he is in his everyday life with the liveliest - and he'll stay with it. But you can still sometimes refer to alternatives ...
certainly should be called alternatives?
Was meant less critical of everything, had me more interested in whether there can keep up QSB and any leaner.
But the yes seems not so.
Thank you!
Oh, you meant that. No, if one is familiar with Launchy, Launchy is the diversity and function as a stand-alone item, the better tool.
About this page I ended up here:
http://stadt-bremerhaven.de/2009/04/23/appetizer-portabler-programmstarter/