Trampoline: the quickest route to the tools you need
Application launchers are diversifying in big ways, and it's great to see the market expanding. After discovering LaunchBar then switching to Quicksilver, it was obvious how useful these apps are and how important it is that there be a wide variety of them. A new launcher I just found, called Trampoline, definitely adds a new flavor to the mix.Trampoline bills itself as "the quickest route to the tools you need," and it fits the bill pretty well. Unlike other similar app launchers and file manipulators, Trampoline offers what I would call a 'circular Dock' that can be toggled via a key or tied to a mouse button. Users can add their favorite and most-used apps to this on-call Dock, and it appears underneath your mouse, wherever that may be.
As a unique alternative to other comparatively 'bloated' app launchers (though I say that with love as I cannot work without Quicksilver), Trampoline offers a simpler, more direct approach to keeping your beloved tools right at your fingertips.
A demo is available from Old Jewel Software, and a license costs $19.95.
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Quicksilver has had this, and in a more advanced form, for some time now - it's called Constellation. It's probably still under the "beta" or "cutting edge" plugins.
March 01 2007 at 8:32 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLogitech used to have something very similar (for windows) in their mouseware software ~5 years ago, called the webwheel. I thought it was pretty handy, but most people I know couldn't stand it.
February 27 2007 at 4:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt certainly looks interesting, but is it really limited to only a handful of shortcuts?
Overflow FTW!
Overflow all the way.. it rocks.
February 26 2007 at 8:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMe... I like to sit in a nice quite room with my Mac.
Then I turn on speech recognition and launch my apps!
You forgot Overflow.
Best launcher I have came across yet.
Remeinds me of the NuLooq tools from Logitech and the Alias Sketchbook toolset.
February 26 2007 at 3:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMeh. Circle dock around mouse? I can just move to the dock, let it come from hiding and BAM! All my most used applications are there. Why pay when Apple gives you stuff like this by default?
February 26 2007 at 3:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat looks VERY OLPC inspired. They even decided to throw the OLPC logo in there. :p
February 26 2007 at 3:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLooks a *lot* like it, though I've heard this design was likely inspired from some UI theory that dates back to way before either of these apps.
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