Microsoft Office Labs: Speed Launch

20 August, 2008 Posted by SolSie As Free Utilities, Windows PC

Followed to the Google initiative to give employees some spare time to work on whatever they want. This is the first community prototype (Microsoft employees work on in their spare time) from Office Labs. The project called Speed Launch, an utility similar to Launchy.

Speed Launch is an application launcher that extends the functionality and usability of Microsoft Windows. With Speed Launch, users can select their own words to open frequently used web sites, documents, and applications. The most compelling feature of Speed launch is the use of a drag and drop interaction model to make this advanced functionality more intuitive to novice computer users.

How is it used? How does it work with Windows?
Speed Launch is a downloadable program available at www.officelabs.com.   After you’ve download Speed Launch, simply drag the file, document, or website url onto the Speed Launch bull’s-eye to create a Speed Launch shortcut. From then on, any time you need to access that file, document, or website, just hit "Windows+C", type the shortcut name, and what you need will immediately appear. [Via Channel10]


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