Alfred 0.6.4 beta - Quick launcher for apps and more. (Free)
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Alfred 0.6.4 beta

Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web. Whether it\'s maps, Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia, you can feed your web addiction quicker than ever before.
- Increase your productivity by launching apps with shortcuts
- Quicker access to web searches, bookmarks & more
- Be the first to identify \"that guy\" in a movie with speedy IMDB search
- Ward off RSI skip using the mouse with easy shortcuts
- Best of all, its FREE!
WHAT'S NEW
Version 0.6.4 beta:
New Features
- Overhauled preferences making them easier to use and more scalable for future features
- Added \'Bugs\' tab into preferences to simplify reporting bugs
- Added experimental feature to ignore System files - makes folder searching way less noisy
- Added Appsfire to default web searches with keyword \'app\' to search for apps
- Add alfred:ignore (Spotlight comment) to experimental features allowing hiding of files from results
Improvements:
- Increase speed of App searching by ~365% further reducing the CPU load
- Many \'under the hood\' changes to prepare for future features
- Change wikipedia back to using Special:Search url now that query encoding works better
- Subtext is now shown by default on all result items (if available)
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed app creation date for Alfred.app in dmg
- Mixed mode UTF8 encoding on both default and custom searches - should make web searches more reliable
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.5 or later.
PRICE
Free
DEVELOPER
DOWNLOADS
269
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