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You -can- beat LaunchBar
Authored by: terceiro on Mar 19, '04 12:45:54PM

Ditto. I have ditched LaunchBar (which costs money) for Butler (which is donationware). I *love* the fact that I also get multiple pastboards + universal iTunes hotkeys + fast user switching + + + + +. I'd complain about feature-itis, except they all work so darned well!

The one downside of Butler over LaunchBar is that Butler isn't an application switcher (nor can you browse files thru the abbreviation feature). It made the command-space keystroke even more useful and second nature. At the rate Peter's going, I wouldn't be surprised to see it added in a future release, though!



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You -can- beat LaunchBar
Authored by: asan102 on Mar 19, '04 10:55:16PM

Actually, Butler can function as an application switcher. Just add the Running Applications smart item to your configuration. You can have it as a menu on the right side of your menu bar, with the icon that of the current app (or any icon you wish) just like OS 9. You can also set it to pop up right under your mouse at the tap of a hot key, or pop-up when you click on a screen corner.



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