Here are some things I notice:
1. The CountDown module can only be set by date, and it only counts to the beginning (midnight) of the selected date.
2. The drive usage color scheme confused me - because the gray is so much lighter than the green, I thought the gray represented empty space and the green was showing used space. I had to compare with the display in "My Computer" to check, because I was originally going to comment that you had placed them opposite to most programs (with used space on the right).
3. Tooltips for the buttons would be very welcome (especially since there's no documentation). I had no idea that the red "X" in the modules menu would clear all of the modules. You might use the single "X" for a single deletion, and an icon with multiple "X"s for "Remove all". That's a dangerous button - if I've typed several notes, I don't want to accidentally delete them all because I hit the wrong button when trying to remove one.
4. The "Add file..." menu item merely adds a function by browsing for a file. I think it would be better if you renamed "Add file..." to "Browse for file.." and renamed "Add Function..." to "Add item..." (or "Add file...").
5. I don't understand the purpose of the last button under the search bar. It seems to collapse all in the tree view, and nothing else. It would be nice to be able to "expand all" and "collapse all" (per folder, not just globally).
6. Does the first button (the upward-pointing triangle) under the search bar do anything, or is it for an as-yet-unimplemented feature?
7. I ran the program from
F:\UninstalledApps\Launch\ and it created the file "Apps.xml" both in that folder and in
F:\Downloads\, perhaps because I tried out the "install paf package" feature, and the paf.exe was located in my downloads folder.
8. After I used the "Scan for executables" feature, Sandboxie reports that all of the .ico files in the directory I scanned had been modified. This doesn't seem like polite behavior.
9. It would be nice to be able to have the "Scan for executables" feature to dump all the items into one folder, rather than retaining the folder structure on the drive.
My favorite things:
- favorites quick launch
"add function" templates
having a countdown timer included a program I'd always have running anyway (if I could set it properly, of course)
Rich text notes (which would be even better if they had an export feature)
Despite my comments and interest, you'll have a tough time pulling me away from PStart. I've put so much work into organizing my database of about 300 applications in it that unless a new launcher can import these, I won't be starting over. The ability to scan a folder helps, but so many programs include .exe files that are called by the main .exe - I'd have to delete those, plus I'd still have to sort them into categories. The funny thing is, I use Launchy about 98% of the time - I only use PStart if I can't remember which app had what feature and I need to look at a list of apps with similar functions.
Great job being responsive to the comments so far!
