Mayk or Find And Run Robot?

[lanux128]

spotted a mini-shootout between mayk & f+rr: http://www.lazyandus...net/txp/mayk-or-farr

[mouser]

neat.

this might be considered a datapoint for integrating launchbar commander with farr.

[allen]

FR+R gets the super-efficient smart software prize, loses points for clicky-clicky-mouse users and both lose in the name department

FR+R is immensely keyboard friendly, hence my extreme dependence on it.  Those buttons on mayk . . . <shrugs> Meh, what's the point when you've got a snappy little command line?

[jgpaiva]

I believe mayk also has a similar function to farr, using only the keyboard. But it doesn't search your harddrive for results (making it far inferior to farr ).
Still, it has got some fans out there, i found it before i found farr, and saw it referenced quite a few times.

both lose in the name department

-allen (April 10, 2006, 05:56 AM)

[allen]

I'm sure it's a great program, but FR+R works better for me.  The reason I use it, as opposed to a tray launcher or something, is simple: I can't be bothered to "configure" everything.  I want to type and have it magically know what I'm talking about.

[Hirudin]

I'm sure it's a great program, but FR+R works better for me.  The reason I use it, as opposed to a tray launcher or something, is simple: I can't be bothered to "configure" everything.  I want to type and have it magically know what I'm talking about.

-allen (April 10, 2006, 06:20 AM)

... I gotta start using FARR! Sounds just like me, I like the idea of customization, but I'm too durn lazy to actually do it. Especially with the number of format+reinstalls I do.

[allen]

It sort of cuts out the need for the start menu

[jgpaiva]

It sort of cuts out the need for the start menu

-allen (April 10, 2006, 08:05 AM)

That's quite a simple approach.
For me, it takes out the need for start menu, windows run box, calculator, alias in opera (for some sites), and sometimes, even takes out the need for file browser (since i have my disk very organized, i can use farr to search for my documents)

[VSiAQ]

Firstly, I wrote the article comparing Mayk and FARR. 

I had been using Mayk for a really long time, and I was very pleased with it. When I decided to write a review about Mayk, I found out that it had been updated. Well, I was a bit dissappointed, as it integrated many buttons.

I had chosen Mayk, because its interface was really simple, neat and fast. With the buttons, it didn't impress me any more.

I switched to FARR since then. 

I have to admit that, FARR is by far the best file launcher. It's so great that I uninstalled a file searching tool immediately, and hide my All Programs section in Start menu forever. 

Needless to say, thank you for your wonderful FARR. 

[jgpaiva]

VSiAQ
This is part of today's irc log from #donationcoder:

[10 Apr 06 13:41] * mouser * mad about = really really really likes
[10 Apr 06 13:42] * bro_therS * like madly in love?
[10 Apr 06 13:42] * bro_therS * I would NEVER say that about a program
[10 Apr 06 13:42] * jgpaiva * bro_therS: that's because you never tried FARR!
[10 Apr 06 13:42] * JoTo * i am mad about FARR! <- I DO! :-)
[10 Apr 06 13:43] * JoTo * havent seen your line before sending mine
[10 Apr 06 13:43] * JoTo * two persons ... one thought :-)

As you can see, Farr is one of those apps that when you try it.. You fall in love with it

[allen]

It sort of cuts out the need for the start menu

-allen (April 10, 2006, 08:05 AM)

That's quite a simple approach.
For me, it takes out the need for start menu, windows run box, calculator, alias in opera (for some sites), and sometimes, even takes out the need for file browser (since i have my disk very organized, i can use farr to search for my documents)

-jgpaiva (April 10, 2006, 08:56 AM)

Truth be told, I use it for most of those things things, too . . . perhaps I should have said

"It's cuts out the need for any other software . . . except the software you launch from it."