FARR review

[nitrix-ud]

an article named : The Quicksilver-for-windows Showdown

http://lifehacker.co...for+windows-showdown

[jgpaiva]

Cool!!!
Congrats, mouser! 

It's great that FARR is the one with more plugins, just shows how well mouser designed the plugin system and how cool the DC community is

Also important to notice is that most of the others are criticized for the search not working correctly, which means the heuristics farr uses are the best

[Darwin]

Nice, nitrix-ud! I just dropped in here to post about this very article. Note that FARR finishes in the top 3. MightyBox looks interesting.

Congratulations, mouser  Hopefully, this kind of exposure will increas FARR's profile!

[taichimaster]

Congrats mouser!

The review pointed out a link (https://www.donation...user/findrun/addons/) that I didn't even know it exists!  Now I get to try out some new aliases

[nontroppo]

Finally Lifehacker acknowledges more than just Launchy exists on Windows! 

It would be great to get FARR 2 out of reluctant beta status and into the wild, surely it is no more buggy than any of the others?

[Darwin]

It would be great to get FARR 2 out of reluctant beta status and into the wild, surely it is no more buggy than any of the others?

-nontroppo (January 31, 2008, 04:30 PM)

Farr less so, in my experience!

EDIT: saw an opportunity to make a terrible pun and seized it 

[mouser]

Cool!!

Finally Lifehacker acknowledges more than just Launchy exists on Windows!

yes! couldn't agree more, it's really nice to see.  i really do appreciate the lifehacker folks for taking the time to check it out.

[Lashiec]

Hey, you get mentioned as one of the three Quicksilver alumni most likely to succeed in life . Congrats!

With the advent of KDE to Windows, I wonder if Katapult could be also a challenger. I mean, interface wise is very similar to Quicksilver, but haven't investigated its advanced capabilities too much. Gnome Do seems like a worthy contender as well, but GTK under Windows...

[Armando]

IMO though, farr is superior to Quicksilver (I know some will think this is blasphemy, but...)! And although others are cute, they're definitely not as powerful and flexible. (BTW, this page could be updated : http://en.wikipedia....pplication_launchers)

Lashiec : I don't know if Katapult has dramatically changed since last time I tried it, but it was pretty elementary back then. Nothing, really, in comparison to farr or quicksilver. I actually found alternatives, like Launchbox or Gnome Do, superior.

[nontroppo]

I think Dash *is* powerful and well thought out, though another developer whose hyperbole matches the code size!

"Dash can change your life..."

http://www.trydash.c...ome/dash-video-tour/

 

[Lashiec]

IMO though, farr is superior to Quicksilver (I know some will think this is blasphemy, but...)! And although others are cute, they're definitely not as powerful and flexible. (BTW, this page could be updated : http://en.wikipedia....pplication_launchers)

-Armando (February 02, 2008, 11:08 PM)

Lack of "cutesy" is my main concern about FARR

Ah, yes, that page. I held off its updating due to mouser desire to not spread the word about the new FARR yet (besides, that page only holds information about the stable versions of the apps). If he does not mind, I'll update it right away.

Lashiec : I don't know if Katapult has dramatically changed since last time I tried it, but it was pretty elementary back then. Nothing, really, in comparison to farr or quicksilver. I actually found alternatives, like Launchbox or Gnome Do, superior.

I see. I though it was more powerful, and though its screenshots page show some potential, it may not be comparable with Gnome Do, which seems to have some tricks of its own. Never heard about Launchbox, that looks interesting as well, but it's also powered by GTK. Ow.