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Show HN: Wox – an open source launcher for windows inspired by Alfred and Launchy

54 pointsby ishu3101over 9 years ago

9 comments

warunslover 9 years ago
I have been using this for a while. It is good. It is not a replacement to GNOME Do yet (I am not sure if plugins bridge the gap) but I have found that the application search is much faster compared to the Windows 7 Start Menu.<p>If the dev is here I have a question&#x2F;bug report: Every time I reboot my machine, there is a error dialog (with a huge stack trace) that I have to dismiss. I see from the stack trace that it complains about not finding certain applications. I have realized that these applications were on my system when I first installed Wox, but since uninstalled.<p>Thanks for making this utility though. Makes my life on Windows 7 a bit easier.
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KirinDaveover 9 years ago
I&#x27;m willing to try this, and it would have been really nice to have during the Win8&#x2F;7 days but...<p>What purpose does it serve in Windows 10? Every feature and voice recognition seems to be part of the basic Win10 search (although you need to tweak it a bit to get local content search mixed in with app launches; I usually turn that off on spotlight).<p>Part of the reason I really like Win10 is that it has something that has parity with these older tools. Indeed, Win10 is rightfully referred to as a search-driven OS. Most help articles refer to searching from the top level box into other apps, that can trivially publish search targets.
torgoguysover 9 years ago
Docs say the keyboard shortcuts for this is alt+space. Does this mean that if I install this, I can no longer access the standard alt+space windows menu to minimize, resize, etc? If so, can the shortcut for Wox be changed? I&#x27;ve used the standard windows menu since at least windows 3.0.
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herbstover 9 years ago
When i read launcher i thought i am going to see a a Windows Environment replacement. Damn Android terminology. Anyway, i would definitly try that when i would have Windows.<p>It is one of the typical missing features that let me wonder how windows people can even talk about productivity. Kudos.
davirossover 9 years ago
Very cool! I&#x27;ve been hoping something like this would get active development again, since Launchy basically died.<p>Alfred&#x27;s been pretty good Mac-side.<p>Shame that Synapse &amp; near as I last saw Gnome Do seem to have also died off Linux-side.<p>It&#x27;s a useful product space.
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mavromatisover 9 years ago
Nice idea but can&#x27;t install most plugins. The installation by wpm or manual complete succesfully yet the plugin is not installed. Example: Switcheroo for Wox; Wox.Plugin.SimpleClock.
blaineschover 9 years ago
Open source, but no github&#x2F;bitbucket links on the project or the plugins? This makes any type of contributing very limiting.
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spaceyover 9 years ago
I will give it a try, looks like a good alternative to Launchy. The online readme contains some broken images.
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ivanyuover 9 years ago
I wanted such a thing so badly that started to write it myself. Thanks!