found a bug that was causing error message about not being able to focus a nonvisible window when launching an app while search was still ongoing.

there is a program for this - and it's quite an elaborate one.. trying to think of the name, will modify this post with it when i remember.

a couple:
http://www.softperfect.com/products/bandwidth/traffic-limiter.htm
http://www.homeqos.com/

and the one i was thinking about originally:
http://www.netlimiter.com/

if you try these out give us a report of how well they work and which one you recommend.

thats a good idea, i will add it.
you can already have it search your ie favorites and launch them by clicking them,
just like launching any app.

but i think i will add the ability to type in a url directly.

i think i will also add ability to specify a custom file explorer and web browser for use in such operations and explore operations.