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Originally Posted by Saidin  I've been using Slickrun (for windows) for a long time. It's as powerful as it looks simple.
You asign a shortcut (mine's alt+space) to the program. It pops up as a single line command line. You then type a name you assigned to any program or an url and enter to launch it.
The big advantage is that you don't have to remember any hotkeys, you just remember a name that's logical for you. You can even assign multiple names to one program and multiple programs to one name.
This program has been my single biggest computer time saver. |
It wouldn't be too much trouble to write a script to do the same thing with Autohotkey. It has a built in gui interface. The thing I find most usefull is that I can automate mouse movements and clicks. If you have any tasks you repeat often its a huge time saver. A practical example is ripping cd's. I often go on cd buying splurges and buy upwards of 10+ then rip them immediatly to my pc. Well my favorite encoder doesn't have any automation (other than the ability to set up automatic directories based on the cddb entries for artist/title/album etc. Well I have a script that will automatically decect an audio cd and open the ripping program it will then automatically rip it. Pretty nifty for me. I can spend ripping time reading forums or whatever else I want.
Cheers,
Timothy