Jmmmmm
Headphoneus Supremus
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When looking for an alarm program yesterday, I happened to stumble on this program called PC-Com. It's a small but really powerful program that runs in the bottom right of the taskbar (I can never remember what that's called), and it's really changed how I'm using my computer. Haha, I sound like an advertisement. Anyway...
You set a hotkey (semicolon is the default, and I agree with them), and when you hit the hotkey, you type in a shortcut and hit enter. It automatically includes shortcuts to all your installed programs, but you can add ones to anything, folders, files, web pages, etc etc.
For example, from the desktop, I can type:
';head-fi', and it automatically opens up firefox and goes to headfi
';email', and it opens up microsoft outlook
';pathology', and it opens up my path folder in my documents
You can create macros too. For example, when I type ';check gmail', it opens up firefox to gmail, types in my name and password, and clicks on sign in. Pretty damn cool. You also don't have to type the whole word; it automatically autofills it after 2 letters.. so, for that I really only have to type 'che' before it gets to check gmail.
There are other features too, really way too much for me to list, but by hitting ';(space bar)' it automatically minimizes the current window, ';s:' automatically searches in google, ';d:' looks up a word on dictionary.com, ';weather' shows you the weather in your area, ';signature' automatically inserts my signature into whatever I'm typing, etc etc etc, and you can set your own, so it's almost limitless.
It sounds like a big program, but it supposedly uses almost no resources. There is a 'basic' and a 'pro' version. The basic version is free, but the catch is that you can only add about 15 new shortcuts. So, if you want to just use the free one, make sure you set the important shortcuts first, and don't mess up (like I did when setting up a macro).
I actually paid the $10 to upgrade to the pro version, which says a lot because I hate paying for computer programs. I almost did it just out of appreciation for how cool I think the program is.
Has anyone ever heard of this program before? Are there other programs like it? I hate to sound like an advertisement, but I'm just really impressed with this thing. And like whoever told me about Stumble On, I use that all the time now, so I want to give back
. Anyway, here are a couple links: pc-com, download.com. If anyone else tries it, let me know what you think!
You set a hotkey (semicolon is the default, and I agree with them), and when you hit the hotkey, you type in a shortcut and hit enter. It automatically includes shortcuts to all your installed programs, but you can add ones to anything, folders, files, web pages, etc etc.
For example, from the desktop, I can type:
';head-fi', and it automatically opens up firefox and goes to headfi
';email', and it opens up microsoft outlook
';pathology', and it opens up my path folder in my documents
You can create macros too. For example, when I type ';check gmail', it opens up firefox to gmail, types in my name and password, and clicks on sign in. Pretty damn cool. You also don't have to type the whole word; it automatically autofills it after 2 letters.. so, for that I really only have to type 'che' before it gets to check gmail.
There are other features too, really way too much for me to list, but by hitting ';(space bar)' it automatically minimizes the current window, ';s:' automatically searches in google, ';d:' looks up a word on dictionary.com, ';weather' shows you the weather in your area, ';signature' automatically inserts my signature into whatever I'm typing, etc etc etc, and you can set your own, so it's almost limitless.
It sounds like a big program, but it supposedly uses almost no resources. There is a 'basic' and a 'pro' version. The basic version is free, but the catch is that you can only add about 15 new shortcuts. So, if you want to just use the free one, make sure you set the important shortcuts first, and don't mess up (like I did when setting up a macro).
I actually paid the $10 to upgrade to the pro version, which says a lot because I hate paying for computer programs. I almost did it just out of appreciation for how cool I think the program is.
Has anyone ever heard of this program before? Are there other programs like it? I hate to sound like an advertisement, but I'm just really impressed with this thing. And like whoever told me about Stumble On, I use that all the time now, so I want to give back
