![]() ![]() The uniqueness of the program’s name will reduce how many keystrokes it takes to bring it up. Second, it means you can declutter your environment by limiting the number of icons that you keep visible on your desktop or quick launch toolbar. You do not need to shift to your mouse, and then start to navigate your program menu. First, it means that if you are using the keyboard, you can keep your hands on it to start another application. Launchy can be useful in a number of ways. If there is more than one choice, it will display a short list of matches. You start to type in the name of the program that you are looking for and it first shows you the best match. Rather than having to navigate the Windows program menu or keeping icons on your desktop, you call up Launchy with a hot key combination (often ALT and your space bar). Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, it indexes the names of the applications on your computer. One utility that I have come to rely on heavily is a keystroke launcher called Launchy. You can move them around, but that’s mostly window dressing. Ubuntu users often have their equivalent of the Windows task bar, called a panel, at the top of the screen rather than the bottom. For example, Mac users tend to have a line of icons along the bottom of the screen showing open or commonly used programs but no task bar. Your Windows Shell’s usability is often compared to other operating systems, like Apple Macintosh or Linux distributions like Ubuntu. ![]() But whether you have more than one monitor or not, here are a couple of simple utilities that may have a positive impact on your productivity. We may not even be able to choose an alternative to the dominant law office operating system, Microsoft Windows. We are not all going to have multiple monitors, and perhaps shouldn’t even if we can in light of concerns about multi-tasking and how terrible we really are at it. I enjoy the regular updates on interesting work environments posted by, where you can see all manner of screen and desk layouts, often with multiple monitors ( even 6!) for enhanced productivity. ![]()
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