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Find and Run Robot was my clear winnerFor this week's Freeware Frenzy, I have rounded up four of the big name launchers to see which reigns supreme.. For what Find and Run Robot lacks in an imaginative name, it makes up for in pure functionality. F&RR uses the "Break" key by default, as well as a system tray icon. I'll pause while you scan for the Break key, its ok; I needed a second to find mine as well. What sets F&RR apart from the pack is the simple yet effective suggestion box tweak. Each of the suggestions are numbered, so you don't need the mouse at all when your desired app is not the first selected. Just punch the number to launch whatever you like. Note that this applies to the numbers on the number pad, not the top row. There are a plethora of options to tweak F&RR, much more then any of the other programs here. As usual, you can add skins, new folders to index and edit hotkeys. You can also save search history to avoid common searches. Via the suggestion box, you can right click on results to create search rules, copy the shortcut path, explore the folder or check properties. This was the first of the group to load web pages without any weirdness. Of the four programs included in this roundup, Find and Run Robot was my clear winner. It simply did it all without any hiccups.
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Our Favorite Websites: Rock, Paper, ShotgunRock, Paper, Shotgun is my favorite website for reading about computer/video games. It's a small site, run by just a handful of guys. And what they do is written reviews of computer games. They don't give out ratings and awards, and they don't have fancy multimedia stuff. Explaining what makes Rock, Paper, Shotgun so great requires a bit of a exposition.. I have learned something about myself -- I don't really *ENJOY* playing computer/video games. I used to as a young kid and I do sometimes still play them, but mostly when I do, one of two things happen. Most often, I just don't enjoy it -- I just don't have the patience. Occasionally I'll find a game that really captures me (Mafia2 for example). However, while I don't actually enjoy playing video games much, I find I am fascinated by reading about them. There are lots of reasons for this. From a programmer's perspective, video games in many ways are the apex of pure coding challenges. We're also at an amazing time where robust simulation is becoming a part of the core of game design, and where simulations are more and more treading on what was previously the domain of AI and Artificial Life research. And it's becoming increasingly clear that video games can be genuine master works of fiction and art. Which brings us back to the Rock, Paper, Shotgun website. No other website does as good a job of writing so regularly and satisfyingly about the joys and failures and potential of computer games (large and independent). It's a bit hard to explain, but Rock, Paper, Shotgun is a reminder that some people just write well (and differently). And that when you read reviews from people who have broader interests in the genre, you get insights that you don't get on a normal game review site. It makes all the difference in the world if you are interested in reading game reviews not (just) to decide if you want to play it, but for the love of the idea of computer games and what they are capable of. To see other posts on the DonationCoder forum that mention the Rock, Paper, Shotgun website, click: here. |
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