App 10: Launchy

When using Ubuntu, I'm often asked "What's that?" when using certain applications. The one I'm asked most often about is Gnome-Do. I've talked about Gnome-Do and it's awesomeness in Linux. Now its time to talk about it's Windows alternative; Launchy. While the two applications aren't based off each other, you will notice many similarities between them.

Just like Gnome-Do, Launchy is "designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
How? 
Just by pressing the designated hotkey (alt+spacebar) you get a dialog box to type in whatever you need. Need to launch an application? Just start typing! Launchy will even auto-complete, or suggest what it thinks your typing to make things easier.

Additionally, Launchy is very customizable, allowing not only to change the location of where it shows up, or it's hotkeys, but with plugins, and multiple skins. Plugins will allow you to launch a specific website just by typing in it's URL in Launchy, or even search Google without opening up your web-browser first.


Launchy, in the end, aims to make life more intuitive for the user, with less mouse-movements and clicking. Additionally, because it's an open source application, anyone can develop for it, making their own plugins or skins!