Comments on: Quick Launch 1.0

By: The Staff

The Staff — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:51:30 +0000

Cristina, the gadget should be able to handle multiple folders. Not sure why it wouldn’t be able to do more, maybe try resetting the gadget’s data files (Gadget Settings -> Help -> Bottom instructions). We’re going to have to revisit the gadget at some point in the future to try and stabilize the functionality.

By: Cristina

Cristina — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:20:32 +0000

The gadget only allows me to include one folder other than the preset Documents folder. Is there anyway of changing this? I would like to have various folders at once on the gadget.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:53:05 +0000

RD, the timer on System Control was built for people that wanted to shut their machines off in a couple hours. We’ll consider adding in a more absolute timer. Adding in custom shortcuts for System Control is something we’re already planning on adding in as well as a possible timer option for Quick Launch.

By: RD

RD — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:56:56 +0000

I’m not sure whether to post in System Control or Quick Launch.

System Control has a relative timer… Quick Launch has custom shortcuts.

Anyway you could make the timer be absolute as well as relative… and …allow for shortcuts to have such a timer? Seems like good features for System Control… but Quick Launch is for custom shortcuts, so… I guess I’ll leave the suggestion here and not double-post to System Control (although it’s own timer could desperately use an absolute timer… like shutdown at 10pm, instead of just in 10 hours).

By: The Staff

The Staff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:04:58 +0000

Shannon, Not sure how we could title the icons given some of the spacing on the gadget, but we’ll take this into consideration for the next update, maybe we can do something with it in an alternate layout. Thanks for the suggestion.

By: The Staff

The Staff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:01 +0000

friskydiscus, the gadget does interact with the recycle bin, keeping track of the item count and allowing the user to delete items or clear the bin. It’s been a while since we built the gadget though, so no doubt there is a better way to get that working. We’ll pass that along though for any user running into problems. The portable applications thing is interesting, though no idea why it would do that.

By: shannon

shannon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:52:41 +0000

The only problem I have with this program is the inability to include ‘titles’ with each icon. I work with a number of database files that have the same icon and would be fantastic if I could label the icons…just include the file name beside the icon as an option. This would make this program usable for me as now it is not. But fantastic start! With the loss of the quick launch toolbars in windows 7, this is a key app!!

Thanks!

By: friskydiscus

friskydiscus — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:39 +0000

Hi
I’ve been using this for a while and thought I should offer some feedback:

a) The gadget recently started slowing down and became unusable. I tried uninstalling, deleting settings files etc without result and I nearly deleted the gadget for good. Then I emptied my recycle bin (which was quite full!)and it works a charm again. Unfortunately it seems your gadget interacts with the recycle bin in some way every time you hover the mouse over it so I only realised what was going on when I tried another similar gadget (which only did the same when you hovered over the recycle bin icon, rather than anywhere on the gadget) I dont use folder shortcuts on this so I dont know if this issue applies to other windows folder when they are dropped on the gadget – maybe this is why some other users are finding the gadget unusable.

b) I use a lot of portable applications and have sometimes dropped shortcuts for these on the gadget. Although the apps launch it seems in some cases instead of using the application’s portable profile it creates a local profile. This is probably a quirk in the way portable applications are launched rather than a fault in the gadget (I find the same thing if Vista launches for example a portable browser from say a link in an email, but not paradoxically from a shortcut or in the Vista quick launch tray). Anyway I thought I would mention it…

Otherwise an excellent gadget that does what it says on the tin!

By: The Staff

The Staff — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:53:38 +0000

Bronwyn, we’re looking into some of these problems for a possible update sometime in the relatively near future. To get a current list of the shortcuts being used in the gadget, head to the Settings Panel -> Help -> Click the link on the bottom of the panel to open up the data files for the gadget and grab the “Quick-Launch-Shortcuts.xml” file. You should be able to use this to restore the shortcuts in the gadget should it go bonkers again.

By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:11:37 +0000

I have the same problem as John below. Is there anyway of saving all the shortcuts so if this happens again (already 3 times for me) i can simply used the saved file to reinstall them.
I love it and use it all the time. I use several of your other gadgets as well. date & time, twitter explorer, facebook, system control, Many thanks for great products.

[John Says:
February 25th, 2009 at 5:18 am

As soon as I put in 20 shortcuts it reverts to the initial display with Computer, control panel, explorer and recycle bin. If the gadget is closed and restarted it just comes back with the black background and no icons. Tried deleting the XML file and redoing it. Also tried with a divider but still no go.]