Filed under: Design, Utilities, Windows, Productivity, Microsoft, Shareware
Enso Launcher - the keyboard launcher I wanted to love
by Jason Clarke Feb 25th 2007
Enso Launcher is YAKAL (yet another keyboard application launcher) from Humanized. Where Enso sets itself apart is in the fact that the application puts a big focus on design and staying out of your way. In fact, Enso Launcher doesn't have a window, but instead layers itself over top of what you're currently doing, allowing you to stay in context.
I sat on this review for a long time because I have somewhat mixed feelings about Enso Launcher. I really wanted to love it, but the more I used it, the more its limitations became apparent.
Remember when Windows 95 came out, and we were all introduced to the Start Menu? It was Microsoft's new way of allowing users to launch programs, and it kicked all kinds of butt over the old Windows 3.1 shell. They had done a bunch of user testing, and found that the Start Menu interface allowed users to launch their programs measurably faster than with previous interfaces. 
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
