Aug
25
2008
Cage Match: Launchy vs. Executor
Posted by: Evan in Cage Match, Featured, Review, tags: Executor, Free, Launchy, Program, Windows
So Luofei talked me into trying a new launcher for Windows called Executor and I put it to the test against Launchy. I’m just gonna tell you right now, in my opinion Launchy wins hands down. Read on after the break to find out why.
My biggest problem with Executor is that it can’t tell an intended program from the first few letters like Launchy can. I typed “it” in both programs, intending to launch iTunes, the picture above shows the results. Launchy works for my needs and Executor doesn’t, it’s as simple as that.
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I have a slightly different skin (one of the shipped ones w/ the prog) that shows the list. When I type ‘it’, see it shows iTunes in the list:
http://fumpr.com/images/35h607gsb403ed0sq.png
Now if iTunes is a application that I frequently launch, I can simply add a keyword for it in Executor. So next time when I type ‘it’, it will show the exact match as you want:
http://fumpr.com/images/4ljj9ij33cu22z1423sb.png
If you think carefully and play w/ Executor for some more time, you will realize how much more powerful Executor is compared to Launchy.
The problem is that I don’t want to have to fiddle with a program’s settings to make it do the job it’s supposed to do, Launchy does it with zero configuration.