Comments on: 5 Essential Windows Applications for Power Users http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/ Productivity for Entrepreneurs, GTD Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Robert Burdock http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Robert Burdock Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:12:10 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/#comment-172 Got to agree with Jeroen, Activewords has to be THE definitive launch application. I've never found anything that comes close. I'd be more than lost without it Got to agree with Jeroen, Activewords has to be THE definitive launch application. I’ve never found anything that comes close. I’d be more than lost without it

]]> By: manual_overide http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/comment-page-1/#comment-113 manual_overide Fri, 09 Feb 2007 07:04:30 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/#comment-113 eh, ditch launchy and put an address bar on your toolbar. It works just like the windows run command. Type in web addresses or program names, it'll work. It's not quite as powerful, but you don't have to install anything extra either. I find that google desktop is neat, but usually ends up only running hidden in the system tray because i need more screen real estate. At this point it does nothing for me except use up resources. Lots of them. Searching is nice (esp. when used with a large Outlook mailbox), but I don't search for things often enough to justify the resource use. I keep my machines organized pretty well so if I need something I can find it quickly without resorting to search tools. OK, I'm done crapping all over your choices. In fact, here are some of mine. See what you think: puTTy and WinSCP. Absolutely required for work and pretty much for home use too. If you work with any linux servers at all, this should be the second thing you install on a fresh windows machine. (Firefox being the first, at which point you NEVER use IE again, except for updates.) I use the LabRat Toolkit rather than UnxUtils, but the idea is the same. I don't really have much else as most of my day is spent working with Visual Studio. There are a few essential plug-ins for that, but that's out of scope. eh, ditch launchy and put an address bar on your toolbar. It works just like the windows run command. Type in web addresses or program names, it’ll work. It’s not quite as powerful, but you don’t have to install anything extra either.

I find that google desktop is neat, but usually ends up only running hidden in the system tray because i need more screen real estate. At this point it does nothing for me except use up resources. Lots of them. Searching is nice (esp. when used with a large Outlook mailbox), but I don’t search for things often enough to justify the resource use. I keep my machines organized pretty well so if I need something I can find it quickly without resorting to search tools.

OK, I’m done crapping all over your choices. In fact, here are some of mine. See what you think:

puTTy and WinSCP. Absolutely required for work and pretty much for home use too. If you work with any linux servers at all, this should be the second thing you install on a fresh windows machine. (Firefox being the first, at which point you NEVER use IE again, except for updates.)

I use the LabRat Toolkit rather than UnxUtils, but the idea is the same.

I don’t really have much else as most of my day is spent working with Visual Studio. There are a few essential plug-ins for that, but that’s out of scope.

]]> By: Scott Elias http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Scott Elias Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:20:50 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/#comment-109 Great post, Brett. I'm a huge fan of Quicksilver on my Mac at home, but for some reason I can't seem to get into the Launchy habit on my work PC... Strange how an OS "trains" you in certain ways, isn't it? I'm also a fan of Google Desktop. Great post, Brett.

I’m a huge fan of Quicksilver on my Mac at home, but for some reason I can’t seem to get into the Launchy habit on my work PC… Strange how an OS “trains” you in certain ways, isn’t it?

I’m also a fan of Google Desktop.

]]> By: Jeroen Sangers http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Jeroen Sangers Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:27:42 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2007/02/06/5-essential-windows-applications-for-power-users/#comment-108 If you like Launchy, you might like ActiveWords even more. Besides launching applications, running macros, opening folders, files and web sites, ActiveWords also incorporates a spell checker and a calculator. Launchy on steroids! If you like Launchy, you might like ActiveWords even more. Besides launching applications, running macros, opening folders, files and web sites, ActiveWords also incorporates a spell checker and a calculator. Launchy on steroids!

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