A Better Finder Launcher 2.2.1

Major Features:

1. Core features:
   • Access A Better Finder Launcher by pressing its hot key from any program (F1 function key).
   • Select any application, document or folder by typing only a few letters of their name.
   • The query results list displays all matching applications or files while you type.
   • Launch the application or document by hitting the "Return" key or clicking on the "Launch" button.
   • Can be run as a "normal" application complete with dock icon and menu bar or as a hot-key only program without dock icon or menu bar.
2. Basic selection:
   • Select items beginning with a particular character sequence.
   • Select items that contain a particular character sequence.
   • Select items that contain a particular word fragment.
   • Select an item directly from the table.
   • Remembers the settings from the last session.
3. Adaptive ranking algorithm
   • Ranks your query results according to your usage patterns, taking into account both recency and frequency
   • Built-in knowledge of the "worth" of different items
4. Full keyboard navigation:
   • Press F1 to display the launch dialog
   • Use interactive typing to find the right item
   • Use the up and down arrows to move through the application name table
   • Use the Command key together with the up and down arrow keys to cycle through the matching modes (name begins with, contains the word, contains the characters, matches the wildcard)
   • Use Command-U to initiate a manual hard disk scan
5. Disk indexing engine:
   • Choose which folders you want to be scanned
   • Determine which document types to index
   • Exclude specific folders and items from the index
   • Set up automatic scans at regular intervals
   • Launch a manual scan whenever you want
6. Wildcard name matching:
   • Ideal for power-users
   • A * character matches any name fragment
   • A ? character matches any single character
   • E.g. "a*ph" matches "Adobe Photoshop", etc.
7. Customization:
   • Use the "A Better Finder" preference pane in the "System Preferences..." to configure the hot key combination.
   • Use the "Configure" button for other settings
   • Customize the window transparency and text colors
8. General:
   • Attractive transparent user interface
   • Simple to learn and use
   • Entirely developed in Cocoa and Objective-C
   • Easy drag & drop installation