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Monthly archives for January, 2008

And suddenly, Dash is updated

Jan05
2008 Leave a Comment Written by jtinsky

My Ego at Work
As if by magic, no sooner did I post that I was pissed off at Dash Command than they posted an update.

The list of enhancements is available at http://www.trydash.com/home/updates/dash-command-version-095/

Regression Testing Needed
I’ve downloaded and installed and the very first thing I’ve noticed is that I cannot re-assign the hotkey that I had in a previous version which was the windows key + space. I get the following error:

Warning
Win+Space couldn’t be assigned to a hotkey.

I had this issue a few revisions ago. It went away with the very buggy version .94x but apparently it’s back.

Dash does have more system keywords like “task manager” than Launchy so that’s a plus for Dash.

Since both Dash and Launchy allow you to add keywords I’m less interested in the built in stuff than the stability and speed. I’ll keep testing both for a bit and add comments here.

Posted in Computers, Productivity

First two resolutions for 2008

Jan01
2008 Leave a Comment Written by jtinsky

These are two quick resolutions I’m implementing before the first day of the year is over:

1) Get rid of as many Microsoft products as possible
2) Get rid of any and all applications that only sorta work but need some compromising (see #1 above for the theme)

So, starting right off, I’m uninstalling Dash Command and re-installing Launchy 2.0, installing EverNote to replace OneNote, uninstalling Windows Desktop Search and re-installing Google Desktop search.

I’m pissed off at Dash Command which hasn’t fixed any bugs in months even after I paid them. What can I say, I’m a sucker for anything that may improve my computing life if it’s under $40. I paid, I installed and I was disappointed repeatedly.

I’ve had OneNote on my computer since it was in Beta. But as far as I’m concerned, if I have to install Microsoft’s shitty desktop search to in order to dig through my OneNote notebooks. Windows desktop search is utter crap compared to Google desktop search so OneNote is being phased out in favor of a JotSpot wiki for personal notes and items and EverNote for work items. Eventually I’ll make a decision on one or the other system until I switch to a mac at which time I’ll probably re-evaluate.

Happy New Year!

Posted in Computers